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Margaret

Margaret Report 3 Oct 2007 19:33

Prompted by a radio discussion today, I would like to ask, does anyone know what rights/responsibilities (in law) do Godparents have?

My Niece, asked my husband and I to be Godparents to each of her children - she wanted us (if she and her husband should die) to 'look after' her children.

God forbid that anything should happen to both of them but bearing in mind that the children have Grandparents, Aunts & Uncles, where would we as Godparents stand? Would we have a legal right to take those children into our home?

M. Steer

SueinKent

SueinKent Report 3 Oct 2007 19:52

Margaret, I think you would have to be made guardians to have any legal right to look after the children.

Sue

Margaret

Margaret Report 3 Oct 2007 20:08

Thanks Ladies, as I thought, I have no legal rights/responsibilities.

M. Steer

Hapiun

Hapiun Report 3 Oct 2007 20:58

Thanks Margaret was just talking this subject over with my daughter... Do you know if you have to have the standard 3 godparents.. Think it was 2 the same sex as baby and 1 opposite sex?? Pamx

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 3 Oct 2007 21:10

As far as I'm aware, you can have as many godparents as you like.

UPDATE - found this on a Diocese of Leicester website:-

Who Can be Godparents and How Many does my Child Need?

Any friend or relative who has agreed to take on this responsibility can be a Godparent provided that they themselves are Christians. All Godparents must themselves have been baptised and, ideally, should also have been confirmed into the Christian faith. There is no limit to the number of Godparents your child can have. It should be a minimum of three - two of the same gender as the child and one of the other. Thus a girl would usually have two Godmothers and one Godfather and a boy one Godmother and two Godfathers.


Kath. x