Shared parental responsibility means a court-ordered relationship in which both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities with respect to their child and in which both parents confer with each other so that major decisions affecting the welfare of the child will be determined jointly.
(Ä­n-hÃ®râ²Ént, -hÄrâ²-) adj. Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic: the dangers inherent in the surgery; the inherent instability of financial markets. [Latin inhaerÄns, inhaerent-, present participle of inhaerÄre, to inhere; see inhere.] inÂ·herâ²entÂ·ly adv.
Definition of underlying for English Language Learners. â 1 used to identify the idea, cause, problem, etc., that forms the basis of something. : 2  lying under or below something.