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Child arrangements order application unfairly dismissed in the recent case G v M (FHDRA Appeal). I often mention here the pressure put upon the family courts by the seemingly ever-increasing number of private law children application they have to deal with. Inevitably, this can mean that cases are not given enough time to be properly […] More
Should a redundancy payment be treated as part of an NRP’s current income for the purpose of assessing child support liability? It must be a very common scenario whereby a non-resident parent (‘NRP’) receives a redundancy payment. As the payment, or at least part of it, is designed to be compensation for loss of income, […] More
Father appeals child arrangements order made to permit the mother to take a child on holiday A typical case? Apart from the fact that the parties, or at least the father, appear to be rather better off than the average litigant, the case X v Y (Child Arrangements Order) is in many ways typical of […] More
Last Thursday I mentioned here the protest in Westminster on Saturday by the group “The Court Said”, which is demanding changes to the Domestic Abuse Bill, to protect domestic abuse survivors in the family court. As I explained in my post, the campaigners feel that the balance between protecting abuse victims and promoting contact is […] More
