Family Law News

The latest statistics released by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) have revealed that care application demand continues to remain at a very high level.

Tags: Cafcass, Children In Care, Taken Into Care, Child Custody, Bootle Family Lawyers, Family Law Advice Crosby

A child comes into care and needs a foster family every 22 minutes across the UK, new figures from the Fostering Network have revealed.

Tags: Foster Care, Children Taken Into Care, Child Custody, Child Residence, Wigan Lawyers Child Custody Advice, Southport Family Law Advice, Liverpool Family Lawyers

A report published by Ofsted found that the most significant cause of delay for children needing adoption is the length of time it takes for cases to be completed in court. The average time taken to complete care proceedings in the cases inspectors examined was almost 14 months.

Tags: Adoption, Child Custody, Care Proceedings, Child Contact, Adoption Advice Lawyers Blackpool, Adoption Advice Blackpool

Family and friends carers, who are raising some of the nation’s most vulnerable children, are being left to fend for themselves and suffer significant levels of hardship as local authorities fail to implement central government policy, according to new research from advice charity Family Rights Group.

Tags: Kinship Care, Child Custody, Children In Care, Foster Care, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Southport, Child Custody Advice Southport

Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network, has commented on the Government's recently announced adoption action plan.

Tags: Adoption, Foster Care, Children In Care, Child Custody, Child Access, Child Custody Advice Wigan, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Wigan

The Prime Minister is to set out proposed changes to legislation to ensure that, when adoption is in a child’s best interests, they are placed in loving homes as soon as possible.

Tags: Adoption, Children In Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Birth Parents, Adoption Advice Lawyers Liverpool, Adoption Advice Liverpool

Nagalro, the professional association for court guardians, has welcomed the government’s commitment to reducing delay in the family justice system but warns that it risks harming children’s interests by ill-thought out change.

Tags: Child Custody Arrangements Advice Lawyers Blackpool, Child Custody Arrangements Advice Blackpool, Shared Parenting Arrangements, Child Contact, Child Custody, Care Proceedings

The second and final part of the Sixth Special Commission to review the practical operation of the 1980 Hague Child Abduction and 1996 Hague Child Protection Conventions has come to a close, where hundreds of experts from around the world gathered in the Academy Building of the Peace Palace to examine and discuss policy matters pertaining to both Conventions.

Tags: International Child Abduction, Parental Abduction, Child Custody, Child Protection, Child Custody Advice Liverpool, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Liverpool

The Department of Work and Pension has announced that an extra £20 million will be made available to support separated and separating families as part of the reforms to mend the broken child support system.

Tags: Family Breakdown, Separation, Child Maintenance Payments Advice Liverpool, Child Maintenance Payments Advice Lawyers Liverpool, Child Support, Child Custody

Over half (51%) of social workers, and a third of police officers (36%) report feeling 'powerless' to intervene in suspected cases of child neglect, according to a landmark report by children's charity, Action for Children.

Tags: Children In Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Neglect, Child Custody Advice Liverpool, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Liverpool

National support organisation Family Lives is bracing itself throughout January to support families going through separation or conflict with ex partners and step families, as the organisation’s new Divorce & Separation report highlights that couples are more likely to separate in January.

Tags: Divorce, Separation, Child Custody, Separation Advice Liverpool, Separation Advice Lawyers Liverpool

Work and Pensions Minister Maria Miller promised a new child maintenance system that was "fairer for children" as she announced proposals to remove the exemption from maintenance liability for some part-time public servants.

Tags: Child Support Advice Lawyers Liverpool, Child Support Advice Liverpool, Single Parent Families, Child Custody, Child Support, Child Maintenance

Detailed proposals for the new statutory child maintenance scheme have been published, which include plans to increase the amount of maintenance paid by parents on state benefits and others declaring low incomes.

Tags: Child Maintenance, Child Custody, Child Support, Child Support Payment Advice Liverpool, Child Support Payments Advice Lawyers Liverpool

The charity, Family Lives, has reported that calls to its Parentline regarding the aggressive behaviour of children have increased by 2%, but only 56% of respondents to an online survey had sought help for their child’s problem.

Tags: Child Custody Advice Lawyers Blackpool, Child Custody Advice Blackpool, Child Custody, Domestic Violence, Separation, Divorce

The charity, Families Need Fathers (FNF), has claimed that the recommendations made in the final report of the Family Justice Review are inadequate to address the deep-seated problems at the heart of the family justice system, and are unlikely to improve outcomes for children or their families.

Tags: Child Custody, Child Contact, Divorce, Family Breakdown, Child Custody Advice Liverpool, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Liverpool

The Family Justice Review panel has announced a package of recommendations aimed at tackling delays in the family justice system and to make sure that children and families are given the service they deserve.

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The Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, has warned the Government of the serious consequences of pursuing far reaching cuts to legal aid, as the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill reaches Report Stage in the House of Commons.

Tags: Domestic Violence, Divorce, Child Custody, Domestic Violence Advice Blackpool, Domestic Violence Advice Lawyers Blackpool

Recent research by single parent charity Gingerbread has found that thousands of families could be helped out of poverty if there were a greater number of effective child maintenance agreements in place.

Tags: Child Maintenance, Child Custody, Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Wigan, Child Maintenance Advice Wigan

New survey results show that almost half of single parents currently using the Child Support Agency – as polled by charity Gingerbread - could not afford to pay the fees proposed to access the new child maintenance service.

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UK charities Gingerbread and Barnardo’s are highlighting research evaluating the Child Maintenance Options Service which supports their concerns around Government proposals to charge parents up to £100 for access to the Child Support Agency (CSA).

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