Births have to be registered within 42 days - which the reports notes gives more leeway for parents to make arrangements to travel to register a birth - and the child does not need to be present.

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Coroner Ian Smith said staff had not listened to the baby's parents and had failed to record proper notes and spot that the baby was becoming seriously ill.

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During lulls in the fighting, some parents have approached the mosque, handed notes to those inside with the names of their children, who have then emerged.

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It seems unfair that footballers, bankers and tycoons earn more money than they know what to do with whereas jobless folk and single parents struggle to pay the rent, notes Mr Saunders.

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When it comes to advice for the parents of teens, Rosenbaum notes that just about every organization, from Focus on the Family to Planned Parenthood, offers a similar message.

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Having a baby in the U.S. and registering for immigration as a Western Hemisphere immigrant before the deadline could allow adult parents during that time to be eligible for immigrant visas, notes Margaret Stock and the State Department Foreign Affairs manual.

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