Children & Child Custody

If you are looking for help with Child Law Advice in Guildford Surrey then we are here for you. Sorting out ‘contact’ between parents is always a primary concern of anyone going through a divorce or separation where children are involved. Pre April 2014 it was referred to as ‘contact’ , ‘residence’ or ‘shared residence’, however it has now been replaced by the term ‘child arrangements orders’ and this will specify who the child will live with and also how much time they spend with each parent and when.

Here at Gregorian Emerson Family Law Solicitors we understand child law advice Guildford and can help throughout the Guildford and Surrey area. We will respond quickly to your needs, giving you the information you need and helping to reduce the stress and uncertainty about what the future might hold.

Here at Gregorian Emerson Family Law Solicitors we understand child law advice and can help throughout the Guildford and Surrey area. We will respond quickly to your needs, giving you the information you need and helping to reduce the stress and uncertainty about what the future might hold.

At Gregorian Emerson Family Law Solicitors Guildford, we have extensive experience in child law advice and in helping our clients to resolve these potentially difficult cases. When you come to us for advice and support on child law issues, you will benefit from a professional and sensitive service which is completely unrivalled in maximising success through our unique joint legal and psychological approach.

Here at Gregorian Emerson Family Law Solicitors, our team of experts in child law advice Guildford will provide you with a unique joint legal-psychological, professional and sensitive approach to your individual situation and can offer you full support with the following:

A new study has found that shared custody arrangements between separated parents can be much less stressful for children than living full-time with one parent.

A new report from single parent charity Gingerbread has levelled criticism at the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) for failing to ensure children received the appropriate level of support.

The new Child Maintenance Service (CMS) must be prepared and resourced to automatically take-over the more difficult or complicated child support non-payment cases from the CSA, and must be ‘toothier’ in enforcing payment.

The National Audit Office recently published the findings of its investigation into the Department for Work & Pensions’ closure of its 1993 and 2003 child maintenance schemes.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the failure of Polish courts to take all appropriate steps to facilitate contact between a father and his son was a breach of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Researchers in the US have recently looked at how concerns about parenting behaviour can affect the ability of divorced parents to co-parent.

The UK Government has recently announced its intention to opt in to the European Commission’s proposal which repeals and replaces Regulation 2201/2003, also known as the Brussels IIa Regulation, on cross-border family matters.

Shared-parenting charity Families Need Fathers (FNF) has published details of its response to the work and pension committee’s inquiry into child maintenance.

The Department of Work and Pensions has recently launched a consultation exercise over plans to implement existing powers to make deduction orders to recover child maintenance arrears from joint bank accounts held by a non-resident parent.

The Department for Education has recently published a breakdown of the number of children in care in England.

The birth of a first child can put a real strain on a marriage, but the relationship adjusts much more quickly after the birth of the second child, new research has found.

New research from America has revealed that the stability of a couple’s relationship will have an impact on how much a new father is encouraged to be involved in the raising of his child.

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has seen a rise in both care applications and private law applications during July this year, compared to the same period last year.

New Government funding worth £4.5 million is to be available to regional adoption agencies to help place children with new permanent families faster than ever before.

A new study has found no evidence that family courts in England and Wales are discriminating against fathers because of gender bias.