Over the past few years there has a rise in adoption to record levels, with an increase of 63% in just three years, charity Adoption UK has said. This means thousands more children have found permanent and loving homes through a faster adoption system.
Free mediation is to be made available to more couples who are going through a separation, the Government has announced.
A new package of support aimed at helping people in the family and civil justice system has been announced by the Government.
A new law came into force on 22nd October that reinforces the importance of children having relationships with each parent following family breakdown.
Fostering and adoption charity TACT has expressed concern over a sharp rise in the use of Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) in England.
New national standards designed to raise the quality of expert witness evidence in family court cases and speed up proceedings became law on 1st October 2014.
A recent survey conducted by YouGov has revealed that as many as one in three women in Britain have been the victim of domestic violence.
The Government is spending £300 million a year as a result of the breakdown of children's return home from care, according to new research commissioned by the NSPCC.
A woman who is attempting to have her divorce settlement set aside on the grounds of dishonesty has won the right to take her case to the Supreme Court, reports the Daily Mail.
Domestic violence charity Women’s Aid has launched an SOS campaign, calling on the Government to commit to a national funding solution for specialist refuges for women survivors of domestic violence.
The Prime Minister David Cameron has set out a number of new measures to help families, including helping new parents, supporting couples to stay together and addressing the underlying causes of family breakdown.
New enforcement fees for people using the Child Maintenance Service Collect and Pay system came into effect on 11th August this year.
A recent study from Australia has highlighted that the stereotype of divorces being lengthy and hostile disputes is often not realistic and that many divorcing couples actually adopt a pragmatic approach to resolving property settlements.
The Government has committed to giving children a greater voice in the family justice system.
Family law organisation Resolution has recently highlighted the additional stress that the summer holiday period can place on a couple’s relationship. In some cases, this increased tension can bring a relationship to breaking point.
Think-tank the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has called on whatever Government is next in power to become the first in history to reverse family breakdown and confront a growing culture of disposable dads.
Thousands of mothers have had successive children removed by family courts in England over the past seven years, according to research led by experts at the University of Manchester.
A recent report by the National Audit Office has found that the Department for Work and Pensions has successfully introduced the first phase of the Child Maintenance 2012 scheme.
Recently published statistics from the Office for National Statistics have given an interesting insight into marriage in England and Wales in 2012.
Pressure is increasing on Government to criminalise coercive control, psychological harm, and patterns of abusive behaviour, following a survey released by the Domestic Violence Law Reform Campaign.