Family professionals show support for the Family Solutions Group call to end the use of ‘battle’ language and the term ‘custody’ following a family separation. Taking the ‘fight’ out of family separation is long overdue to protect children. Supported by the President
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Thousands of children could avoid seeing their parents embroiled in bitter, lengthy, and costly courtroom conflicts following a proposal to make mediation compulsory for separating couples. We wholeheartedly welcome the Government’s plan for separating couples to undertake mediation with a qualified mediator
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Excitement levels are mounting in school classrooms the length and breadth of the country in the countdown to pupils breaking up for the summer holidays. Lasting around six weeks, the summer break is the longest in the school calendar. It also brings
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My parents filed for divorce when I was approximately 10 years old. I remember the desperation and the sense of emptiness I had inside me for months after the announcement. I also clearly remember the day I returned home from school and
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More than five million households in the UK currently consist of a couple with dependent children, according to Statista. However, with 42% of marriages ending in divorce, according to the Office for National Statistics, this landscape is constantly changing and separating parents
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Vaccinations have been a controversial topic for some time and disputes over the merits of vaccinating children have garnered much media attention. Given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, these are likely to become much more prominent over the next year, especially since the
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After what can only be described as an extremely challenging 18 months, it is entirely understandable that most people are keen for a holiday abroad. COVID-19 has resulted in significant changes in the way we have to live our lives, not least
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The reopening of foreign holidays from this month is causing divorced parents to worry that their ex will want to take their children abroad. The concerns are further heightened by the continuing global pandemic which places countries in a traffic light system
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This may come as something of a shock, but neither parent has any rights over their child. The child has rights over their parents, and this includes the right to see both, one or neither of them. In the real world, the
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Let’s be realistic, being a divorcee has its challenges. Finances, transitions, future significant others, custody schedules, the list goes on and on. But if you focus on what we CAN do to “WIN” at being a co-parent, the typical challenges become less
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The third national lockdown – forced by a surge in the new variant of Covid-19 – will no doubt further increase logistical and practical challenges for parents who are divorced or separated. Estranged parents are understandably concerned about arrangements for seeing their
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Following an unprecedented year, many estranged parents understandably have additional concerns and questions about the arrangements for their children during the festive period due to the Government’s Covid-19 restrictions. In what can in normal circumstances be a difficult and emotional time of
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