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A mother wishes to change a child’s forename. The father does not have parental responsibility but has been involved with the child. Can the mother change the child’s name without the father’s consent and can she change a forename only?
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A financial remedy order provides for the family home to be sold. In the event that a purchaser cannot be found, can the parties agree that one of them should buy-out the others interest in the property? If an agreement cannot be reached regarding transfer of the property and there are no prospective purchasers, what steps can be taken to conclude the matter?
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A financial consent order was made several years ago, providing for the sale of a property in default of payment of a lump sum, but never implemented. Is the order still enforceable? Should an application be made first in respect of the timing and implementation of the order, given the delay in implementation?
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A final order made in financial proceedings provided for child periodical payments and any top-up order to be calculated using an uncapped Child Maintenance Service (CMS) formula. Where the parties have 50/50 shared care of the child, will one spouse still be entitled to child maintenance and, if so, will the uncapped CMS formula only apply to any income over £156,000 or will it apply to the payer’s total income?
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A deceased individual's daughter (D) and son (S) are executors of the estate and, prior to the death, D had applied for a deputyship order for property and finance affairs but S (and his children) had objected and an agreement was reached for three of the grandchildren to be appointed as deputies instead and an order was made. How can D be reimbursed for her application expenses from estate funds when her co-executor will not agree?
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Child maintenance

A payment made (usually by a parent) to the other parent for outgoings relating to a child or children. Child maintenance may be paid on a voluntary and agreed basis, via the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) or in limited circumstances ordered by the court (also known as 'child periodical payments' or 'child support').

Fast-track (shortened) financial remedy procedure

The Family Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2018, SI 2018/440 amended FPR 2010 with effect from 4 June 2018, primarily introducing new provisions as to ‘fast-track’ and ‘standard’ procedures in relation to applications for a financial remedy. The ‘fast-track’ provisions are expanded to cover a wider range of applications, including where the application relates, inter alia, to an application for a periodical payments order only under Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (MCA 1973), Civil Partnership Act 2004 (CPA 2004) or Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989). Prior to 4 June 2018, the accelerated/shortened procedure applied more widely to an application for the variation of an order for a financial remedy, while the fast-track procedure is now limited to an application for variation of an order for periodical payments only (with exceptions). The procedure for what was previously referred to as the shortened or accelerated procedure, and is now the ‘fast-track’ procedure, is also partially amended. The changes apply only to proceedings issued on or after 4 June 2018.

Institute of Family Law Arbitrators (IFLA)

The IFLA is a collaboration between Resolution, the Family Law Bar Association (FLBA), the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and the Centre for Child and Family Law Reform (CCFLR).
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