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This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of an update to the final consent order submission route in the HMCTS online...
His Majesty, King Charles III, has approved the appointment of Lord Briggs of Westbourne as the next President of the UK Supreme Court. The...
This week’s edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the national roll out of domestic abuse protection notices and domestic abuse...
The Law Commission consultation on provisional proposals to reform the legal framework for kinship care in England and Wales has been updated to...
Procedure—Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989This Practice Note sets out the procedural requirements in relation to an application under Schedule 1 to...
Applications under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997This Practice Note explains the six criminal offences that may be committed under the...
Striking out a statement of caseThis Practice Note explains the court's power to strike out a statement of case. It summarises the grounds on which a...
The grounds on which a marriage is voidA void marriage is one that will be treated by the court as never having taken place. The grounds on which a...
Duration, variation and discharge of special guardianship ordersDuration of special guardianship ordersA special guardianship order (SGO) will continue until the child attains the age of 18 unless it is discharged sooner by an order of the court.An SGO cannot be made for a specified period in the
Can the court make an interim child arrangements order?The court may make an interim child arrangements order, namely an order intended to be short-term until determination of any issues in the case at a final hearing, under section 8 of the Children Act 1989.There are various cases where it can be
Declarations of parentage—procedureThis Practice Note sets out the procedure when making an application for a declaration of parentage under the Family Law Act 1986 (FLA 1986). It deals with making and serving the application, evidence, directions and case management. It considers declarations of
Where a woman is separated from her husband, but not yet divorced, and she wishes to undertake in vitro fertilisation treatment (using donor sperm), does she require her husband’s consent to do so? Where the husband refuses to sign a form indicating that he does not consent for the purposes of
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