Child maintenance statistics, online divorce and more
A week in family law We begin with the release of the latest child support/maintenance statistics by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). These statistics, which relate to the three months up to...
View Article‘Family based’ arrangements working well says government
The overwhelming majority of ‘family-based arrangements’ between divorced parents work smoothly, the government has claimed. ‘Family-based arrangements’ are voluntary agreements between parents to pay...
View ArticleDivorce Day, domestic abuse, and a new Lord Chancellor
A week in family law It’s been a bit of a quiet week on the family law news front, although that’s not unusual for this time of year. Perhaps there are still a few post-Xmas hangovers out there. There...
View ArticleDWP publishes new guide to help for domestic abuse
The Department for Work and Pensions has published a new guide to the services they provide for victims of domestic abuse. It outlines the different benefits available to those who need them, such as...
View ArticleChild maintenance, unrepresented litigants and more
Three weeks in family law With the Xmas and New Year break, and my review of the year overflowing into a third post, it is now three weeks since my last Friday review of events. This is a quick summary...
View ArticleBlood from a stone: new initiatives to recover child maintenance
I think it is putting it mildly to say that the issue of actually recovering child maintenance from non-resident parents has been the bane of the child support maintenance system ever since it was...
View ArticleChild maintenance evaders targeted by new bill
A private member’s bill on child maintenance evasion has received its first reading in the House of Commons. Heidi Allen is the Tory MP for South Cambridgeshire. She introduced the Child Maintenance...
View ArticleThe problem of enforcing child maintenance against joint accounts
Enforcement of orders requiring one party to pay money to another is often not easy, and not cheap. In all cases therefore careful consideration must be given to the prospects of success before...
View ArticleGovernment announces child maintenance ‘clampdown’
The government has announced a new measure to prevent parents avoiding child maintenance payments. At the moment, child maintenance payments can only be claimed from a bank or building society account...
View ArticleWitnessing child abuse exempts you from CMS fee
Single parents who apply to the Child Maintenance Service for financial assistance will no longer have to pay the £20 fee if they can demonstrate that they witnessed the abuse of their children. The...
View ArticleAn election, some statistics and more
A week in family law So, we have a hung parliament. Quite what this will mean for family law and the various promises made by the parties is not at all clear, but I suspect that all talk of family law...
View ArticleNeeds, money, maintenance and more
A Week In Family Law A multi-millionaire husband who was ordered to pay his wife the sum of £4.25 million after just 23 months of marriage has failed to have the award overturned on appeal. The...
View ArticleUnemployed families to receive relationship support
The government has promised to spend millions on relationship support services for unemployed families. Ministers have claimed that this focus is because joblessness creates additional stress and...
View Article£3 billion in child support debt ‘lost’
As much as £3 billion in child maintenace debt owed by parents under the Child Support Agency (CSA) may never be recovered, the government believes. In a new report, the National Audit Office (NAO)...
View ArticleDWP figures, pensions and more
A week in family law A husband who complained that the court failed to have sufficient regard to his ex-wife’s delay in applying for a financial remedies order has had his appeal against the order...
View ArticleDWP boasts of 15,000 voluntary maintenance arrangements
More than 30,000 parents have now set up voluntary child maintenance arrangements, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced. So-called ‘family-based arrangements’ are voluntary...
View ArticleGovernment axes Child Poverty Unit
The government has abolished the Child Poverty Unit, a cross-departmental organisation established by Labour to tackle social deprivation. The work undertaken by the Unit has now been subsumed into...
View ArticleStaffing for the Child Poverty Unit slashed by half
The government has admitted cutting staffing levels for the Child Poverty Unit by more than half. The Unit works to address welfare issues amongst children from poorer families and is jointly sponsored...
View ArticleBenefit cut to affect thousands of children
Thousands of children will be affected by a new benefit cap, a new report has warned. The government has reduced the maximum amount of benefits a single household can claim. The limit was previously...
View ArticleMillions owed to single parents in child maintenance
Single parents in the UK are owed millions of pounds in child maintenance, a new study suggests. Campaign charity Gingerbread claims that as much as £6 million is owed to such parents in West...
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