Parental Rights and Responsibilities
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a parent known as parental responsibility (PR). Fathers have PR if they are married …
Read Moreabout Parental Rights and ResponsibilitiesCoercive Control
Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour seeking to take away the victim’s liberty or freedom, to strip away their sense of self. It is …
Read Moreabout Coercive ControlSeparation of half siblings or placement of one outside the family?
When looking at where children should be placed at the conclusion of care proceedings there are a number of factors that are considered; such as …
Read Moreabout Separation of half siblings or placement of one outside the family?Enforcing child arrangement orders
On occasions when Child Arrangements Orders have been granted either party feel the need to return the matter to Court to enforce if an Order …
Read Moreabout Enforcing child arrangement ordersCohabitation Agreements
What is a Cohabitation Agreement? A Cohabitation Agreement is a written, signed document which will generally deal with three principle areas: Who owns (and owes) …
Read Moreabout Cohabitation AgreementsGaslighting
The actions of a contestant on a popular reality dating show have prompted a domestic abuse charity to issue a warning about unhealthy behaviour in …
Read Moreabout GaslightingFamily Justice System not met for 17 Months!
The National Board set up to improve the performance of the Family Justice System and chaired by Government Ministers had not met for 17 months …
Read Moreabout Family Justice System not met for 17 Months!Controlling Behaviour and Coercive Behaviour
Domestic Abuse is not always physical as people would suspect. Controlling and Coercive Behaviour now forms a large part of Domestic Violence which can now …
Read Moreabout Controlling Behaviour and Coercive BehaviourMale Domestic Abuse – Society’s Taboo?
The BBC News recently reported two shocking cases of male victims of domestic abuse. Whilst female cases of domestic abuse are no less harrowing. The …
Read Moreabout Male Domestic Abuse – Society’s Taboo?Removal of Wrong Father from Child’s Birth Certificate
Generally the wrong father’s name can only be removed from the child’s birth certificate by an application if: DNA tests prove he is not the …
Read Moreabout Removal of Wrong Father from Child’s Birth CertificateBeware of ‘Common Law Marriage’ myths
Resolution warns that that millions of unmarried couples who live together could be unaware of their rights upon a relationship breakdown. Resolution recently carried out …
Read Moreabout Beware of ‘Common Law Marriage’ mythsIMPORTANT NEWS for people who have undergone forensic tests for drugs and alcohol
The government has released on 21.11.2017 information surrounding forensic toxicology tests carried out by two private companies which may prove to be unreliable. The two …
Read Moreabout IMPORTANT NEWS for people who have undergone forensic tests for drugs and alcohol