Family Law News

There is an urgent need for more foster carers for teenagers across Scotland, new research from the Fostering Network has found.

Tags: Foster Care, Children In Care, Taken Into Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Falkirk, Edinburgh Family Law Advice

New figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions show that, in each one of the UK's 650 parliamentary constituencies, child maintenance arrears owed to parents with main care of children is now at least £1million.

Tags: Child Maintenance Payments, Child Custody Arrangements, Divorce, Edinburgh Lawyers Child Maintenance Advice, Kirkcaldy Family Lawyers, Edinburgh Family Law Solicitors

A recent study from America into relationship breakdown and separation has found that 79% of couples who separate will eventually go on to divorce, reports USA Today.

Tags: Divorce, Separation, Relationship Breakdown, Divorce Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Falkirk Divorce Lawyers, Edinburgh Family Lawyers

The US Census Bureau has published a series of facts on fathers in America.

Tags: Edinburgh Family Lawyers, Dunfermline Lawyers Divorce Advice, Edinburgh Lawyers Divorce Advice, Single Parent Families, Separatation, Divorce

Recent research from CHILDREN 1ST has found that the financial support kinship carers receive in Scotland can vary, depending on where they live.

Tags: Kinship Care, Children In Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Edinburgh Family Lawyers

The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, which is responsible for the functions of the Child Support Agency (CSA), has published the latest statistics on CSA operations. The CSA is responsible for tracing non-resident parents, working out how much child maintenance they should pay and collecting and enforcing payments.

Tags: Child Maintenance Payments, Child Support Payments, Child Maintenance Arrears, Child Maintenance Advice Edinburgh, Family Lawyers Edinburgh

A recent report from America has found that finding time for 'date nights' or other one-on-one time can bring many relationship benefits for couples.

Tags: Edinburgh Lawyers Divorce Advice, Edinburgh Lawyers Cohabitation Advice, Cohabiting Couples, Cohabitation, Married Couples, Divorcing Couples

A recent survey by website Netmums has found that having children can put relationships under strain.

Tags: Edinburgh Lawyers Separation Advice, Edinburgh Lawyers Divorce Advice, Separating Couples, Divorcing Couples, Separation, Divorce

The first protection order has been issued in Scotland to protect a victim of forced marriage.

Tags: Forced Marriage, Marriage, Civil Partnerships, Domestic Violence, Falkirk Family Law Advice, Falkirk Family Lawyers

Recent research from America by the National Center for Health Statistics has found that there has been an increase in the number of children born outside marriage across American women of all age groups.

Tags: Cohabitation, Cohabiting Couples, Living Together, Cohabitation Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Family Lawyers Edinburgh

British women and men are choosing to marry partners who are increasingly from the same social class as themselves, despite modern society offering them more choice than ever before, according to new research by the think tank IPPR. The new analysis is part of an on-going IPPR project on how women’s aspirations have changed across different generations.

Tags: Marriage, Family Lawyers Edinburgh, Edinburgh Family Lawyers, Marriage Trends

A business man has won his appeal to the Court of Appeal in England over the amount of money awarded in a 'divorce' settlement to his former civil partner, reports the Herald.

Tags: Divorce Settlement, Civil Partnerships, Civil Ceremonies, Relationship Breakdown, Civil Partnership Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Civil Partnership Advice Edinburgh

New research from the national charity, 4Children, has revealed the extent of conflict and violence in Britain’s families.

Tags: Domestic Violence, Family Breakdown, Relationship Breakdown, Families In Crisis, Vulnerable Families, Family Law Advice Dunfermline, Family Lawyers Edinburgh

The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has given its verdict on the Budget, and comments that whilst it welcomes the removal of the ‘cliff edge’ from the proposed child benefit reforms, there remains a fundamental flaw within the Government’s plans that could threaten a new wave of family instability and breakdown.

Tags: Divorce, Cohabitation, Cohabiting Couples, Living Together, Married Couples, Cohabitation Advice Linlithgow, Cohabitation Advice Lawyers Linlithgow

The Fostering Network has warned the Scottish Government that if it fails to give fostered children proper financial support then these children will not have their essential needs met.

Tags: Foster Care, Foster Carers, Children In Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Custody Advice Falkirk, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Falkirk

To celebrate the fantastic job done by single mums this Mother’s Day, single parent charity, Gingerbread, has launched a myth-buster to show the reality of single parent life in 2012.

Tags: Single Parent Families, Single Mothers, Divorce, Relationship Breakdown, Divorce Advice Solicitors Edinburgh, Divorce Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

A new report by think tank Policy Exchange has said that fathers who no longer live with their partners and are on benefits should be made to work if they refuse to take financial responsibility for their children.

Tags: Child Maintenance Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Child Maintenance Advice Edinburgh, Non-Resident Parent, Custodial Parent, Child Support Payments, Child Maintenance Payments

Match.com, the online dating site, has released findings from its second annual Singles in America study.

Tags: Cohabitation, Cohabiting Couples, Living Together, Family Lawyers Edinburgh, Cohabitation Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The NSPCC is calling on the Scottish Government to strengthen its commitment to early intervention by putting Scotland’s youngest children at the heart of its forthcoming mental health strategy, as new figures show that the number of young children taken into care is the highest for more than ten years.

Tags: Children In Care, Foster Care, Child Custody, Child Contact, Child Custody Advice Dunfermline, Child Custody Advice Lawyers Dunfermline

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), which specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people, has spoken out against the government's proposed reforms to the child maintenance system.

Tags: Child Maintenance Arrangements, Child Support Payments, Child Custody, Single Parent Families, Child Maintenance Payments Advice Edinburgh, Child Maintenance Payments Advice Lawyers Edinburgh