Court Rules Boy To Stay With Killer’s Father
A case where the judge ruled that a child should live with his paternal grandparents, even though his father was found guilty of killing his… Read More »Court Rules Boy To Stay With Killer’s Father
Family Law
Growing number of grandparents are seeking help and advice after being denied access to their grandchildren
There are many grandparents, who for a variety of reasons, are stopped from seeing their grandchildren and the effect of this can be devastating. Earlier… Read More »Growing number of grandparents are seeking help and advice after being denied access to their grandchildren
Wife’s successful appeal for variation of financial order on the basis that husband’s inheritance was a ‘Barder’ event.
A Barder event is a principle that was established in the case of Barder v Barder (Calouri intervening) [1987]. This principle, means that in certain… Read More »Wife’s successful appeal for variation of financial order on the basis that husband’s inheritance was a ‘Barder’ event.
Baby girl should be removed from her mother and live with her father and his boyfriend – Ms Justice Russell rules.
The main issue in this case was over the nature of the parents’ agreement when the child was conceived. The mother stated that they had… Read More »Baby girl should be removed from her mother and live with her father and his boyfriend – Ms Justice Russell rules.
Mother of teenage girls opposing spending time with father should do more to encourage contact– President of the Family Division reminds parents of their obligations.
In the recent case of Re H-B (Contact) [2015] Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division heard an appeal in a case in… Read More »Mother of teenage girls opposing spending time with father should do more to encourage contact– President of the Family Division reminds parents of their obligations.
Successful appeal by Father as Judge did not properly explain the reasons for his decision
The recent case of V (A Child) [2015] EWCA Civ 274 was an appeal by a father following a fact-finding hearing in private law children… Read More »Successful appeal by Father as Judge did not properly explain the reasons for his decision
Children to have a greater say in family court cases and decisions about their future
The Government has announced that children will have a greater say in family court cases and that children involved in any type of family case,… Read More »Children to have a greater say in family court cases and decisions about their future
Married couples and civil partners can register online for a new tax allowance
Registration has now opened for a new marriage tax allowance. The allowance is available to those whose income is less than £10,600 in the 2015… Read More »Married couples and civil partners can register online for a new tax allowance
DNA testing to be provided in all private family law proceedings
From September all family court judges will be able to order DNA tests to determine a child’s parentage. This decision follows two pilot schemes in… Read More »DNA testing to be provided in all private family law proceedings
Father’s appeal against an order for no contact with his daughter allowed.
Re R (No Order for Contact: Appeal) [2014] EWCA Civ 1664 At the final hearing of the father’s application for contact in 2012, a CAFCASS… Read More »Father’s appeal against an order for no contact with his daughter allowed.