10 ways to take care of your well-being during a divorce

Divorce is a life-changing event that can take a toll on your emotional well-being. Coping with the grief and loss after a divorce is crucial for moving forward and navigating through this challenging time. If you’re searching for ways to manage your well-being and regain stability, read on. In this blog, we’ll provide you with…

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What is a Child Protection Plan?

As a parent, you may find your child made subject to a Child Protection Plan by the local authority. But what is a Child Protection Plan, and what does it mean? Local authority’s duty to investigate To start at the beginning, the local authority has a duty to investigate where they have reasonable cause to…

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New drive to speed up care proceedings

It is obvious that any court proceedings relating to the welfare of children should be dealt with as quickly as possible. This is recognised by the very first section of the Children Act, which states that: “In any proceedings in which any question with respect to the upbringing of a child arises, the court shall…

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Court removes child from care of alienating parent

It is not uncommon in parental disputes over arrangements for their children for one parent to allege that the other is alienating the children against them, in an attempt to stop them having contact with the children. Obviously, such behaviour is quite wrong, adversely affecting not just the alienated parent, but also the children themselves,…

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Keeping children disputes out of court

When parents separate they obviously have to sort out arrangements for their children, in particular, how much time the children should spend with each parent. And obviously if they are unable to agree arrangements they can apply to the Family Court for a child arrangements order, whereby the court decides with whom the children should…

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How an occupation order can protect a victim of abuse

A victim of domestic abuse may obviously live with the perpetrator of the abuse, whether they are married to them or not. Clearly, continuing to live with an abuser will leave the victim at risk of further abuse. In such circumstances the victim will need protection from the abuser, by having the abuser physically separated…

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