Blood 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, 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 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 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 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 ArticleChild 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...
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