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Specialist substance misuse family court set for expansion

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| CYP Now

The Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC) initiative is to be expanded across five more areas after a £2.5m investment through the government's Children's Social Care Innovation Fund.

Legal Update: Court Report - Application for adoption order

Other

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

ChildRIGHT: In a nutshell - Separating couples must now consider mediation

Other

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| CYP Now

Revised legislation means separating and divorcing couples must now consider mediation before taking their case to the law courts.

ChildRIGHT Ask the Expert: Changes to contact orders

Other

Friday, July 9, 2010

| CYP Now

Can a contact order be varied if the circumstances of either parent change?

Family court judges back independent social worker role

News

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Independent social workers (ISWs) speed up care proceedings and their expertise is instrumental in deciding on complex cases, according to a survey of family court judges.

Loughton vows to boost profile of reviewing officers in system reform

News

Monday, October 3, 2011

| CYP Now

The government is considering how to eliminate any crossover between the roles of independent reviewing officers (IROs) and children's court guardians ahead of an overhaul of the family justice system to be unveiled this autumn.

Councils prompted to step up efforts to improve paperwork in family law cases

News

Thursday, October 20, 2011

| CYP Now

Local authorities must improve their quality assurance processes if problems in the family law system are to be successfully overcome, a member of the family justice review panel has said.

Legal Update: Special guardianship orders

Features

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Serious case review highlights need for rigorous assessments when placing a child with a special guardian, writes Kamena Dorling, head of policy & programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Most councils report fall in care applications

News

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The majority of English councils have recorded an annual drop in the number of children in care applications, according to figures released by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).

Legal Update: Handling child care proceedings

Other

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Awaz Raoof, international research officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, takes a look at two recent judgments of the Family Division of the High Court regarding councils' handling of care proceedings.

Court Report: Disclosure of an abuse assessment

Other

Monday, November 8, 2010

| CYP Now

Case name: A County Council v SB; Case number: (2010) EWHC 2528 (Fam); Judge: Sir Nicholas Wall;Location: High Court of Justice (Family Division)

Legal Update: Court Report - Gay ex-partner seeks child contact

Other

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| CYP Now

In a Nutshell: Applying for a ?residence order

Other

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents who do not live together can apply for a residence order and the courts will decide which parent the child should live with

Voice of the child in the Family Justice Review

Features

Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's Legal Centre legal researcher Jo-Anne Prud'homme looks at strengthening children's participation rights in family court proceedings.

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

News

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Children believe they should be allowed to speak for themselves in family court proceedings if their views will be better represented than adults interpreting their feelings, the children's rights director has found.

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