patria podestà (urgent)

English translation: parental authority

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Italian term or phrase:patria podestà
English translation:parental authority
Entered by: Dr Andrew Read

11:32 Mar 1, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Italian term or phrase: patria podestà (urgent)
In a consent form for parents sending their kid to a summer camp, how would you best translate the bit starred below. Is "exercising legal parental authority" okay?

IL/I SOTTOSCRITTO/I PADRE E/O MADRE DEL RAGAZZO INDICATO NEL PRESENTE DOCUMENTO, *IN QUALITA’ DI ESERCENTE LA PATRIA PODESTA’ SUL PROPRIO FIGLIO/A*, COME PREVISTO EX LEGE ART. N° 320 C.C. , SI ASSUME LA RESPONSABILITA’ PER QUALSIASI DANNO DERIVATO DA FATTO ILLECITO EX ART. N° 2043-2048 C.C. , CHE SOTTOSCRIVE ED ACCERTA CON LA PRESENTE.
Dr Andrew Read
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:56
exercising (legal) parental authority
Explanation:
As to me you don't need to put "legal", but your translation is ok.
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Valeria Andreoni
Italy
Local time: 13:56
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Thanks you very much.
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4 +8exercising (legal) parental authority
Valeria Andreoni
4 +1having parental responsibility for ...
hirselina
5legal guardian
Richard Hall


  

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patria podestà (urgent)
having parental responsibility for ...


Explanation:
UK

http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/basics/changeofname.htm

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-03-01 11:37:45 GMT)
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parental responsibility
In law, the rights, powers, authority, and duties of parents in relation to a child and the child’s property. Parental responsibility may be given to a person, or people, other than the parents: by the private appointment of a guardian or by order of court under the 1989 Children Act.

A mother always has parental responsibility. A father has responsibility if married to the mother at the time of the birth. If unmarried, the father can acquire parental responsibility by entering into a written agreement with the mother or through an order of court. Parental responsibility remains with the parents even if the child is subject to a court order; it is possible for a number of people to have parental responsibility for a child.

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/...

hirselina
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agree  Laura Lucardini
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patria podestà (urgent)
exercising (legal) parental authority


Explanation:
As to me you don't need to put "legal", but your translation is ok.

Valeria Andreoni
Italy
Local time: 13:56
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Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 15
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Thanks you very much.

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agree  Chiara_M
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agree  Michael Deliso: agree...all dictionaries call it "parental authority"
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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
patria podestà (urgent)
legal guardian


Explanation:
I.......being the legal guardian of.....


would be my take. A parent, in certain circumstances, may not be his own child's legal guardian.



Richard Hall
United States
Local time: 07:56
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