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

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 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

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

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

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

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

National charity, Adoption UK, has welcomed the Secretary of State for Education's announcement that the Government plans to “beef up” adoption support.

Tags: Adoption, Adoptive Parents, Adopting A Child, Children In Care, Child Custody, Adoption Advice Manchester, Adoption Advice Lawyers Manchester

Families Need Fathers has welcomed the Government’s response to the Family Justice Review. Although there is much work to be done to ensure that the family justice system provides better outcomes for children and families in practice, the Government’s proposals mark a clear step forward for private family law in the UK.

Tags: Shared Parenting Arrangements, Child Custody Disputes, Separation, Divorce, Child Custody Disputes Advice Manchester, Child Custody Disputes Advice Lawyers Manchester

The Law Society has expressed its disappointment at the Government’s refusal to stop charging fees to local authorities for care proceedings, despite the Family Justice Review’s recommendation to do so.

Tags: Family Courts Advice Manchester, Care Proceedings, Child Custody, Child Contact, Family Courts Advice Lawyers Manchester, Family Courts

Gingerbread and the Family and Parenting Institute (FPI) have welcomed the government’s reaffirmation that the welfare of the child should remain the paramount consideration in the family justice system.

Tags: Child Access Advice Solicitors Manchester, Child Access Advice Lawyers Manchester, Divorce, Child Contact, Child Custody Agreements, Parenting Arrangements

The House of Commons has voted to overturn the Lords amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill which was intended to prevent single parents being charged for child maintenance services, where they have no alternative but to use the statutory system to get financial support from the other parent for their child.

Tags: Child Custody Arrangements Advice Lawyers Manchester, Child Custody Arrangements Advice Manchester, Child Support Agency, Child Custody Arrangements, Child Support Payments, Child Maintenance Payments

Fostering services in England and Wales are in need of radical reform, according to a report published by the think tank, Policy Exchange. The report shows that in some instances severely disadvantaged children are waiting for over a year for a foster placement and that the life chances for many children in the system are appalling.

Tags: Children In Care, Foster Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Custody Advice Manchester, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Manchester

Members of the House of Lords have voted with a majority against government proposals to charge single parents to use the Child Support Agency.

Tags: Child Maintenance Charges, Child Maintenance Reforms, Child Support, Child Custody, Child Maintenance Advice Salford, Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Salford

Recent figures published by reunite International Child Abduction Centre have revealed a 47% increase in the number of child abduction cases reported to its advice line.

Tags: Child Abduction Advice Lawyers Manchester, Child Abduction Advice Manchester, Child Contact, Child Custody, Parental Abduction, Child Abduction

The U.S. Census Bureau has recently released information on the level of payment of child support. The figures show that in 2009 41.2% of custodial parents received the full amount of child support owed them, down from 46.8% in 2007. The number of these parents who were owed child support payments and who received any amount at all — either full or partial — declined from 76.3% to 70.8% over the period.

Tags: Child Maintenance Arrangements, Child Support Payments, Child Custody, Separation, Child Maintenance Arrangements Advice Manchester, Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Salford

The Government has launched a consultation on plans to deal with some of the £3.8 billion in unpaid child maintenance.

Tags: Child Support Payments, Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Salford, Child Maintenance Advice Salford, Child Custody, Child Maintenance

Single parents’ charity Gingerbread has warned that proposals to charge for use of the future new Child Support Agency (CSA) will penalise many thousands of families who have no alternative but to use the Agency.

Tags: Child Maintenance, Child Custody, Child Support Agency, Child Support Payments Advice Manchester, Child Support Payments Advice Lawyers Manchester

The four UK Children's Commissioners have called upon the Coalition Government to reassess the impact of its Spending Review on the needs of vulnerable children.

Tags: Child Law, Rights Of The Child, Child Justice, Family Law Advice Manchester, Child Poverty

Around 40% of parents with children under five have felt at ‘breaking point’ because of the stress and strains of family life, according to a survey commissioned by family support charity Home-Start UK. 

Tags: Family Support Services, Family Breakdown, Children In Care, Domestic Violence, Family Law Advice Stockport