The tag ‘Child Maintenance’ collates all related articles under this term.
The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) has closed with immediate affect removing one of the key organisations involved in campaigning for children in… Read More »British Association for Adoption and Fostering Closed
In the recent case of F (Abduction: Acquiescence: Child’s Objections) the High Court ruled that four children at the centre of a dispute between their… Read More »Father must return children to their mother in Australia after wrongful retention of the children in England
Ofsted recently undertook a study of ten local authorities and 123 cases of children involved with social services in a survey commissioned by Chief Inspector… Read More »Vulnerable children at risk as study shows 25% of social workers’ assessments are ‘not timely enough’
Both Jersey and Guernsey have decided to drop laws that prevented same sex couples from adopting children. Guernsey decided that its adoption law, which was… Read More »Channel Islands Drop Same Sex Adoption Restrictions
The government has decided to help speed up the adoption process with a £30 million pledge reports the BBC, which is likely to maintain the… Read More »£30 Million Pledge To ‘Speed Up’ Adoptions In UK
The case of Rebecca Minnock, a mother who went missing with her three-year-old son Ethan, has been the subject of great publicity over the past… Read More »Mother faces committal proceedings after defying two court orders and running away with son
Mrs Justice Theis has warned when speaking at a conference ‘Surrogacy Symposium’ in London, that failure by parents to obtain parental orders in respect of… Read More »Children born through surrogacy who lack a court’s parental order could become ‘stateless and parentless’ with birth mother remaining legal parent – warns High Court judge.
What is Universal Credit? Universal Credit was introduced by the government in 2012 and has already been introduced in many areas. Universal Credit is a… Read More »Does Child or Spousal Maintenance affect Universal Credit?
The Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal from the ex-wife of a racehorse surgeon, as she sought to challenge a decision which would significantly… Read More »Court of Appeal Judge tells ex-wife she should ‘get a job’ and ‘get on with it’ in maintenance dispute
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