All births in Scotland must be registered with the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths within 21 days, in any registration district in Scotland. You can find out more on the General Register Office For Scotland website.

The Scottish Government produced a publication called 'Family Law And Young People In Scotland' which outlines both parental responsibilities (what parents should do in bringing up children) and parental rights (things which parents are allowed to do when bringing up children). You can view or download a pdf of the leaflet 'Family Law and Young People in Scotland'. To download Adobe reader so you can view pdfs go to the Adobe website.