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Family Articles
Should I get a Prenuptial Agreement? (8 November 2018)
Nothing says ‘I love you’ like a prenuptial agreement, and although drawing up arrangements to separate is likely to be the last thing an engaged couple wants to do, the ever-increasing UK divorce rate may be incentive enough to consider getting a prenuptial agreement. Below, we answer some of the most common questions related to prenuptial agreements. Read more...
Parental Alienation (15 October 2018)
Parental alienation, in relation to family court cases, is difficult to define due to the fact that the degree of impact parental alienation has on a child remains under debate. Broadly speaking, parental alienation occurs when a child begins rejecting one parent largely due to the influence and/or manipulation of the other. Read more...
Owens v Owens: five year separation upheld in no-fault divorce (26 July 2018)
Tini Owens and Hugh Owens, 68 and 86 respectively, have been married for 50 years and have two adult children. When Mrs Owens petitioned for a divorce claiming she endured a “loveless marriage”, her husband refused, leaving her no choice but to seek help from the courts. Their verdict: ‘Mrs Owens must remain married to Mr Owens for the time being’ until they have been separated for 5 years. Read more...
Domestic Abuse Survivors and Children found Sleeping Rough (19 July 2018)
Survivors of domestic abuse and their children were found to be sleeping rough after being unable to find safe accommodation says charity Women’s Aid. Women’s Aid stated that the survey of some of the most vulnerable women who have sought out help from the charity were unable to access refuge immediately, with 12% of women forced to sleep rough before making contact, including pregnant women and women with children. Read more...
Sapphire Stait Offers Free Legal Advice to Women at the Birmingham Freedom Project (10 July 2018)
Childcare and Family Solicitor Sapphire Stait has set up a free legal advice clinic at the Birmingham Freedom Project in Kings Heath, Birmingham, providing legal advice on family and childcare matters to those women who have been affected by domestic abuse. Read more...
Call for Cross-Examination Reform: Family Courts failing to protect victims of domestic abuse (27 June 2018)
Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London have conducted a study into domestic abuse, human rights and childcare proceedings in the family courts, finding that 24% of women surveyed had been cross-examined by their abusers in court. This comes a year after the government promised to stop this practice in family courts, pointing out that it would not be allowed in criminal courts since it exposes victims to undue trauma and distress. Read more...
Harsh Reality of Legal Aid Cuts: Rape victim forced to represent herself in court (18 June 2018)
In this recent case, care proceedings had been brought to decide whether the father should have contact with his daughter after the mother had accused him of sexual assault. Read more...
Mother Found Guilty of Forcing Her Teenage Daughter To Marry (7 June 2018)
A mother, who forced her daughter to marry a relative almost twice the age of her daughter, was found guilty of the first successful prosecution for a forced marriage in England. Read more...
The Government announce £6 million funding for children of alcoholics (24 April 2018)
The government have pledged to fund £6 million towards support for children with parents who are alcoholics and has planned to create programs to offer that support and advice for children whose parents suffer from alcoholism by including fast access to mental health service and offering treatment programs to help parents overcome their addictions. Read more...
Proposals for Domestic Abuse Perpetrators to be Electronically Tagged (17 April 2018)
There have been calls for tighter restrictions from the Home Office for domestic abusers to prevent them from causing further abuse by electronically monitoring perpetrators and banning consumption of alcohol. Read more...