Dr. Sarah Fennell:

It is probably not easy to predict the effect in the sense that the 2015 Act, including the new provision on guardianship, only commenced in January 2016. Obviously, that was a significant development compared with what had existed previously under the 1964 Act, even in its amended guises over the years. It is probably somewhat early at this stage to flag exactly what the position of unmarried fathers has been following the 2015 Act.