Single parent charity Gingerbread has once again expressed concern over planned changes to child maintenance arrangements that are currently going through Parliament.
...Family Law News Edinburgh
A recent study from America has found evidence that men who married when they were younger than 25 had lower bone strength than men who married for the first time at a later age.
...Single parent charity Gingerbread has responded to a recent report by think tank Policy Exchange on single parents and employment.
...The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee has asked the Scottish Government to look again at whether it can introduce its own legislation on forced marriage.
...Just under half of adults currently living as part of a family have experienced at least one previous committed relationship (involving marriage or cohabitation) prior to their current family setup. More than one in six (17%) have had two or more past committed relationships, with 5% having had three or more.
...A recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union has found that employees who enter into a civil partnership with a partner of the same sex must be granted the same benefits as those granted to their colleagues upon their marriage, where marriage is not possible for homosexual couples.
...Recent research released by Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People has revealed that over half (55%) of children caught up in contact disputes between parents where domestic abuse is alleged to have taken place no longer wish to have contact with their non-resident parent. In the majority of these cases, the non-resident parent is their father.
...Almost a fifth of families who adopted a child last year and requested post adoption support from their Local Authority did not receive any support, according to charity Adoption UK.
...The City of Edinburgh Council is taking part in a new, multi-agency campaign to highlight the range of support that is available to the victims of domestic violence.
...A recent study from America has looked at how developments such as divorce in later life and blended families can affect retirement.
...Recent research has identified key ‘turning-points’ in young adults’ lives which influence whether or not they return to the parental home.
...A recently published report has called for the Government to support wholesale reform of how the authorities deal with young men who commit domestic abuse.
...Celebrity couple Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are rumoured to be planning to sign a prenuptial agreement before they get married, reports TMZ.
...Latest figures from the ONS reveal babies born in 2012 will suffer higher rates of family breakdown than any previous generation.
...Researchers at UC Berkeley and Northwestern University have found a link between DNA and marital satisfaction.
...The Home Office has included provisions in the new Immigration Bill that will clamp down on people who enter into a sham marriage or civil partnership.
...Single parent charity, Gingerbread, has been highly critical of the Government’s recent announcement that it intends to introduce a transferable tax allowance for married couples.
...A recent study from Australia has suggested that a reduction in conflict between separated families is more likely to be the result of increased relationship services than parenting time arrangements.
...A recent report from the think tank Marriage Foundation has claimed that around a quarter of a million of couples are claiming lone parent benefits, while continuing to reap the benefits of a two-parent household.
...The city of Edinburgh Council has been recognised for the success of a recent campaign to recruit more foster carers.
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