Family Law Manchester News

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Separating couples have been encouraged by the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke to consider using mediation to reach agreement over their divorce or separation, rather than going to court.

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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.

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January has seen Relate, the relationship support charity, experience a 116% increase in calls to its helpline from people needing relationship support, compared to calls in December.

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The Office for National Statistics has recently released annual statistics on divorces that took place in 2010 following court orders in England and Wales.

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Recent research has found that 15% of Britons over the age of 40 and living with their partner choose to keep some or all of their savings hidden from their other halves.

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Most people who need free legal advice on separation, divorce and family breakdown will no longer be able to get it if planned cuts to legal aid go ahead, a new report from Citizens Advice has warned. Those worst affected will be women with dependent children.

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A recent ruling by the High Court has determined what should happen to lottery winnings in the event of a divorce, reports the Telegraph.

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The commercial manager of a legal firm in the Netherlands has created a 'divorce hotel,' which offers Dutch couples everything they need to finalise a divorce over a single weekend, reports the New Zealand Herald.

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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has reported that the new rules on mediation introduced earlier in the year have led to more couples in Manchester using mediation as an alternative to going to court to resolve separation disputes. As a result, separating couples have been able to resolve their disputes in a cheaper and less stressful way.

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