Parental responsibility


If you are not registered as the parent of your child in Norwegian public registers and cannot access information about the child, you can get help registering parental responsibility.

How do I get the correct parental responsibility registered?

Do you have documentation of parental responsibility?

Please contact the Norwegian Tax Administration (external website) to have the correct parental responsibility registered.

Documentation may be the following:

Do you not have documentation of parental responsibility?

Please contact the District Court where you live [in Norwegian only] (external website).

The District Court determines parental responsibility in cases where it is not documented who the child's mother or father is.

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