Family Law Manchester News

There is an urgent need for more foster carers for teenagers across the UK, new research from the Fostering Network has found.

Tags: Foster Care, Children In Care, Taken Into Care, Care Proceedings, Family Lawyers Bury, Family Law Advice Oldham

Family support charity, Families Need Fathers, has cautiously welcomed the family-friendly policies outlined in the Queen’s Speech.

Tags: Parenting Arrangements, Child Custody, Divorce, Adoption, Divorce Lawyers Manchester, Child Custody Lawyers Manchester, Manchester Family Lawyers

Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone has posted on her website that the Government remains committed to the introduction of gay marriage and still intends to legislate on the matter by 2015.

Tags: Manchester Family Law Advice, Family Law Advice Oldham, Family Lawyers Stockport, Civil Ceremonies, Civil Partnership, Same-Sex Marriage

Relate, the relationship counselling charity, has issued a statement in response to the launch of the Marriage Foundation. The Foundation, which was established by High Court judge Paul Coleridge, aims to champion the institution of marriage and reduce the amount of family breakdown and divorce.

Tags: Warrington Divorce Lawyers, Divorce Legal Advice Manchester, Divorce Lawyers Manchester, Relationship Breakdown, Separation, Divorce, Family Breakdown

The NSPCC has warned that hundreds of children currently going into care will be sent back to abusive family homes without the support needed to keep them safe from harm.

Tags: Children In Care, Taken Into Care, Child Custody, Child Residence, Child Contact, Manchester Lawyers Child Custody Advice, Family Lawyers Manchester

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Fatherhood recently commissioned a survey looking into the impact on fathers of divorce or separation.

Tags: Manchester Family Lawyers, Manchester Lawyers Divorce Advice, Child Contact, Relationship Breakdown, Separation, Divorce

The Government has announced that an order has been laid in Parliament to bring the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) back under direct Ministerial control.

Tags: Child Maintenance Payments, Child Support Payments, Custodial Parent, Child Custody, Child Support Agency, Stockport Family Law Advice, Stockport Family Lawyers

New research from Oxford University has challenged concerns raised in the Family Justice Review about the use of independent social work (ISW) assessments in Family Court proceedings.

Tags: Children In Care, Child Welfare, Family Court Proceedings, Care Proceedings, Manchester Family Law Advice, Manchester Child Custody Advice

As the House of Commons prepares to consider amendments passed in the House of Lords to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Bill, the Bar Council has called on the Government to accept these vital changes.

Tags: Legal Aid Reform, Access To Justice, Family Law Cases, Warrington Family Lawyers, Family Lawyers Warrington

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has released its latest data on care application figures, which show that there were 886 care applications in March 2012.

Tags: Children In Care, Taken Into Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Manchester Family Lawyers, Manchester Lawyers Child Custody

Friday 6th April marked the first anniversary of rules coming into force requiring divorcing couples to attend a mediation information and assessment meeting (MIAM), to find out about alternatives to court (such as collaborative law and arbitration), before being able to issue a court application in relation to their financial or child custody issues.

Tags: Family Mediation Advice Lawyers Manchester, Family Mediation Advice Manchester, Child Custody, Divorce, Collaborative Family Law, Family Mediation

The Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA) has marked the launch of the new Family Law Arbitration Scheme with an evening reception, which was addressed by the former Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer of Thoroton.

Tags: Family Arbitration Advice Lawyers Manchester, Family Arbitration Advice Manchester, Cohabitation Disputes, Child Maintenance Disputes, Divorce, Family Arbitration

National charity, 4Children, has recently published its report into conflict and violence in Britain's families.

Tags: Relationship Breakdown, Family Breakdown, Family Intervention, Domestic Violence, Family Conflict, Domestic Violence Advice Stockport, Domestic Violence Advice Lawyers Stockport

A recent study by the Williams Institute in America has found that proportionally fewer American same-sex couples are raising children today than in 2006. The study has however revealed an increase in adoptive parenting.

Tags: Adoption, Adopting A Child, Same-Sex Couples, Civil Partners, Civil Partnership, Family Law Advice Manchester, Family Lawyers Manchester

A family charity has called on the Chancellor to avoid delivering a ‘Break-Up Budget’ with painful blows to household finances that could put family life under threat.

Tags: Divorce, Separation, Divorcing Couples, Relationship Breakdown, Divorce Advice Warrington, Divorce Advice Lawyers Warrington

The government has published its Action Plan for Adoption, outlining its proposals for reforming the adoption system, which it claims is currently too bureaucratic and drawn out.

Tags: Child Custody Advice Lawyers Stockport, Child Custody Advice Stockport, Child Custody, Children In Care, Adoption, Adopting A Child

The think tank, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), has published a report warning that government plans to cut child benefit for parents paying higher rate tax could lead to an increase in family breakdowns. According to the report, there is a risk that the proposals would deter couples from marrying or living together.

Tags: Cohabiting Couples, Cohabitation, Living Together, Married Couples, Single Parent Families, Living Together Advice Manchester, Living Together Advice Lawyers Manchester

National membership and support charity for adoptive parents, Adoption UK, has welcomed the Government’s announcement to improve the adoption system, but has also raised some serious concerns.

Tags: Adoption, Adopted Children, Children In Care, Foster Care, Birth Parents, Adoption Advice Warrington, Adoption Advice Lawyers Warrington

The home secretary has announced that four police forces will pilot a new domestic violence disclosure scheme.

Tags: Domestic Violence Advice Lawyers Stockport, Domestic Violence Advice Stockport, Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence

The Office for National Statistics has recently published an analysis of the conception rate in England and Wales for 2010.

Tags: Marriage, Civil Partnership, Civil Partners, Civil Ceremonies, Civil Partners Advice Manchester, Civil Partners Advice Lawyers Manchester