Children Issues
Disputes that involve children require expert handling. Our Family lawyers have a wealth of experience in assisting parents in formulating workable and practical solutions to these issues.
Wherever possible, our Family team helps clients to resolve any disputes through negotiation and agreement – including help with collaborative family law and mediation alongside traditional negotiation models.
However, we recognise that this is not always possible. Should court proceedings be necessary we always pursue these with focus and resolve, never losing sight of our clients’ aims and objectives.
Given our experience, we can advise and assist on issues relating to:
- Residence (with which parent the child or children will live);
- Contact (how often and the manner in which the children will see the parent they do not live with);
- Shared care arrangements;
- Leave to remove (issues relating to the country in which the children will reside);
- Child abduction;
- Financial claims on behalf of children brought by unmarried parents;
- Paternity disputes; and
- Contact arrangements for grandparents.
Whatever the situation, we always remain focused on pursuing the aims of our client, recognising that all cases are different and require careful consideration to craft individual solutions.
The Family team have the ability to pursue matters through the Supreme Court:
- Re D (Recognition and Enforcement of Romanian Order) [2014] EWHC 2756 (Fam), [2015] 1 FLR 1272
- Re D (A Child) (International Recognition) [2016] EWCA Civ 12
- Re D (A Child) (Recognition of Foreign Order) (Reunite Child Abduction Centre and another intervening) [2016]
- Re AB (Surrogacy: Consent) [2016] EWHC 2643 (Fam)
News
Cafcass: private law statistics: August 2021
Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, who represent children in family law cases in England) have reported on the number of new private law cases referred… Read more →
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Cafcass: private law statistics: July 2021
Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, who represent children in family law cases in England) have reported on the number of new private law cases referred… Read more →
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Cafcass: private law statistics: June 2021
Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, who represent children in family law cases in England) have reported on the number of new private law cases referred… Read more →
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Cafcass: PRIVATE LAW DEMAND; ANNUAL SUMMARY APRIL 2020 – MARCH 2021
Cafcass (the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) represent children in family court cases in England and “put children’s needs, wishes and feelings first, making sure that children’s voices… Read more →
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Cafcass private law demand; annual summary April 2019 – March 2020
Cafcass stands for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service. They represent children in family court cases in England and “put children’s needs, wishes and feelings first, making… Read more →
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Coronavirus: Co-Parenting Struggles at Lockdown
As daily life grinds to a halt, millions of separated parents have been worried that during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, they will not be able to see their child or… Read more →
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Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) – September 2019 figures blog
Cafcass is the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service and they represent children in family court cases in England and “put children’s needs, wishes and feelings first, making… Read more →
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The House of Commons debate: “Performance of child maintenance service in recovering payments from absent”
When dealing with child maintenance, parents can arrange this directly (a family based arrangement), pay through the Child Maintenance Service (“CMS”) (Collect & Pay) or alternatively, contact the CMS for… Read more →
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The Child Maintenance (Assessment of Parents’ Income) Bill 2017-19
The Child Maintenance (Assessment of Parents’ Income) Bill 2017-19 had its first reading in the House of Commons on 28 November 2017. It is a private member’s Bill with its… Read more →