Does a child arrangements order grant parental responsibility?

The primary purpose of a Child Arrangements Order is to regulate living arrangements and contact with the child, rather than to grant parental responsibility.

Accordingly, if a person is granted a Child Arrangements Order that specifies a child is to live with them, parental responsibility will also be granted only for the duration of the order.

If the order is for the child to spend time with a person, rather than live with them, it does not grant parental responsibility.

If an order states that a child is to live with a parent who does not already have parental responsibility (for example an unmarried father), that parent will acquire it as a result of the order.