This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the Children’s Wellbeing and School Bill, updates to the MyHMCTS: How to use online financial remedy services guidance and solicitors’ guideline hourly rates. Recent judgments on void or voidable divorce orders following an administrative error, the setting aside of an arbitral award and an application to name third parties and judges in public children proceedings are also considered.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the third Family Procedure Rules 2010 Practice Direction updated of 2026, the latest Family Procedure Rule Committee meeting minutes and Resolution’s response to proposed amendments to support the implementation of section 18 of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (Jade’s Law). Recent judgments on an application for a parental order following international surrogacy, an application for permission to relocate a child permanently to another country and an application for a summary return order are also considered.

This week's edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of a report from the Law Society on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and changes on how the Court Funds Office hold dormant funds. Decisions considering sibling contact in public children proceedings and the President of the Family Division’s decision on capacity to consent to hormone treatment are set out, together with details of how to access the new Form FM5 (statement of position on non-court dispute resolution) and updated Forms A, A1, B, C100 and FM1 in Lexis+®UK following the changes to Part 3 of the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), together with FPR 2010, PD 3A.

This week's edition of the Family weekly highlights includes details of the additional categories added to the MyHMCTS Family Public Law service Case File View and the revised Public Law Practice Note by the Family Presiding Judge for London. The Ministry of Justice's plans to reform weddings law in England and Wales and the Law Commission’s report recommending disabled children's social care law reforms are included. A recent judgment from the President of the Family Division discharging a court-appointed Qualified Legal Representative is also set out. Four new Practice Notes on domestic abuse protection orders in the Family Court and in civil proceedings have been added to the domestic abuse subtopic. A new checklist on reporting restriction order applications has also been added to the media access and transparency subtopic.

A family-based arrangement is an agreement between both parents about who will provide what for a child, not limited to maintenance payments. Such an agreement can be lodged as a consent order at court in financial order proceedings but does not have to be. See the Child Maintenance Options website and Child Maintenance Service.

Working Families, the UK's national charity for working parents and carers, has published its 15th Benchmark Report. The Benchmark allows employers to measure in detail the extent to which they have created a family-friendly and flexible work culture, highlights any areas they can develop further still, and enables comparison with other best practice employers across the UK.

This year’s annual review looks back at the most significant family financial provision developments of 2017, including consideration of the sharing principle and non-matrimonial property, contributions and stellar performance, variation of financial orders and further guidance from the President of the Family Division on standard orders and the Financial Remedies Court. Also included are updates on LexisNexis®’s content and what is coming up in the next 12 months. Reviewing 2017 Practice and procedure What happened? Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2017, SI 2017/741 amended the Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), SI 2010/2955, 9.15, so that all cases should be referred for a financial dispute resolution (FDR) appointment, save in specified circumstances. What are the practical implications? Prior to the amendments, FPR 2010, 9.15(4) required the court to decide at the first appointment whether a referral to a FDR appointment was appropriate, and if it concluded that it was, to direct that there be an FDR appointment accordingly. FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, 9.15(4) is now amended to provide that the

This Practice Note is a horizon scanner tracking key future developments in the field of family law in England and Wales. It provides details of key dates for your diary (including forecasted dates where the actual date is unknown) and relevant commentary in relation to: • Legislation: ◦ Bills in progress ◦ Acts not in force, partially in force or subject to staged introduction • Key case appeals • Consultations and calls for evidence • Other key developments This horizon scanner does not cover past developments, such as legislation fully in force or final judgments. For details of past developments in the field of family law in England and Wales, see Practice Notes: • Completed family law consultations—tracker • FPR 2010 amendments—tracker • Completed or expired FPR 2010 pilot schemes—tracker • Family public law HMCTS online service release notes tracker Legislation Bills in progress What’s happening? When? What’s the impact? Find out more Courts and Tribunals Bill Ongoing Includes an amendment to section 1 of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) to remove the

This year’s annual review looks back at some of the most significant developments of 2017 in family practice and procedure and previews what is on the horizon for 2018. News of exciting developments from the past year are included regarding changes to divorce procedure, amendments to the divorce petition (Form D8) and statements of truth, calls for no fault divorce, de-linking divorce and financial proceedings, and new Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), Pt 3A and PD 3AA on vulnerable persons participating in proceedings and giving evidence. Also included are updates on LexisNexis®’s content, and what is coming up in the next 12 months. Reviewing 2017 Relationship breakdown What happened? There have been a number of amendments to FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955 in 2017 affecting relationship breakdown: • a new practice direction, FPR 2010, PD 36D, was launched, setting out a divorce pilot scheme for certain applications to be filed via an online process • the Family Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2017, SI 2017/741 amended FPR 2010, SI 2010/2955, Pt 17,

This year’s annual review looks back at some of the most significant developments in public and private children of 2017, including consideration of adoption and the welfare principle, large sibling groups and care planning, covert recordings and the new Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010), PD 12J. Also included are updates on LexisNexis®’s content and what is coming up in the next 12 months. Reviewing 2017 Evidence and procedure What happened? A revised FPR 2010, PD 12J came into force on 2 October 2017. What are the key implications? The introduction of a new FPR 2010, PD 12J arose following the report by the working group chaired by Cobb J that was commissioned by the President of the Family Division, Sir James Munby, following the recommendations made by the all-party parliamentary group on domestic violence in 2016. The President asked Cobb J to review FPR 2010, PD 12J to examine whether amendments were needed. That report, together with a draft amended FPR 2010, PD 12J was published in January

The following Family resources, providing useful practical commentary, legislation, rules and guidance for family lawyers, whether in private practice or in-house, are available in Lexis+® UK. They are referenced and linked to in the Family content in Lexis+® UK. Please note, however, the titles listed can only be accessed with the relevant Lexis+® UK subscription(s). General Title Summary Who should use this resource? Butterworths Family Law Service Butterworths Family Law Service provides authoritative guidance on all aspects of the law as it affects families and family breakdowns and includes extensive coverage of child law. It includes detailed narrative guidance on the divorce process, with the practical consequences of divorce examined in detail. Non-court dispute resolution options are also explored in depth, with practical guidance on mediation, collaborative law, arbitration and Islamic and Jewish non-court dispute resolution. Butterworths Family Law Service considers the law as it applies to married and unmarried partners and their children, providing coverage of all other important family law matters including domestic abuse, child arrangements and financial provision. Relevant human rights and international aspects are

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