Children

Government announces new support for adoptive families

The government has announced an extension to the Adoption Support Fund, which helps families with adopted children access therapy and support services. Education Secretary Gavin…

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Separated parents on low incomes ‘need more help’

Separated parents on low incomes who rely on government benefits to survive need more help, the Social Security Advisory Committee has claimed. In a new…

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Decision: Boy born following an affair should be told

A boy born following an affair should be told that the man he believed to be his father is not in fact his biological parent…

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Council ‘must intervene’ after couple refuse to register child

A local council must intervene, a family court Judge has ruled, after a couple refused to register the birth of their child. The London Borough…

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Parental Responsibility

As we move towards the close of this glorious summer we turn our thoughts towards darker nights, cosy nights in watching “Strictly” and for those…

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We’re all going on a…

For family lawyers, this can be a busy time of year as often issues arise for separated parents when they mention to the other the…

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Grandparents’ Rights

Unfortunately, if a marriage has broken down, it can be common for contact between grandparents and their grandchild to be reduced or stopped completely. Getting…

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Lasting Impact

Tributes were recently paid to the late Princess Diana on the 20th anniversary of her passing. I vividly remember the day that this tragedy shocked…

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Considering divorce: are you tangled up in thoughts or thinking clearly?

Read what Graeme Armstrong, Family Consultant, with Major Family Law, the leading divorce and children law specialist in the North East, says: In nearly 20…

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Don’t let Christmas drive you Crackers

It must be nearly Christmas for real – not the phoney Christmas created by supermarkets which these days is interrupted by Halloween.  Trick or Treat?  I…

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International Child Maintenance and Divorce

Melanie Barnes, Consultant Solicitor based in Oxford, of Major Family Law, the divorce and family law specialists, comments: It is not yet clear how family…

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Amicable divorce?

Lewis Hulatt, South East Consultant of Major Family Law, the best Divorce and Family Law specialists, comments: Been together over 40 years, but it feels…

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