This factsheet is an extract from the publication Know Your Rights: The Rights of Children and Young People published by the Children’s Rights Alliance. It is reproduced here with their kind permission. Know Your Rights is a public information project designed to inform everyone, in plain language, of the rights and entitlements children have in Ireland and where to go when they are not respected.
Know your rights: My Rights in the Family
- Who is my legal guardian when I am under 18?
- What happens if my parents split up?
- Supports for young parents in Ireland
- Adoption rights in Ireland
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