A child arrangement order, previously referred to as a contact order, is an order made by the Family Courts to ensure that a child’s living arrangements are in their best interests. When an order is [...]
A child arrangements order is a legal contract between the Court and the child's parents or guardians. Child arrangements ensure that the child's living arrangements are in their best interests by detailing who the child [...]
As a member of the Law Society Children Law Accreditation Scheme, the team at King Street Solicitors have represented numerous families caught in the middle of acrimonious and protracted disputes about how time should be [...]
When parents are no longer together issues and difficulties often arise which impact on arrangements for the children of the family. This can often result in the parent with primary care of the children stopping [...]
Following a previous discussion on the legal effect of Special Guardianship Orders, this blog explores what the Local Authority considers when carrying out an assessment for guardianship of a child under an Special Guardianship Order. [...]
When members of an extended family put themselves forward to care for children, the Local Authority will almost always agree to carry out a ‘viability’ assessment of them. This is usually a fairly quick piece [...]
As my third and final post of the week I wanted to address an issue I often get asked about by clients. I frequently represent parents and family members who currently have Social Workers allocated [...]
Legal Aid is still available to enable family solicitors to deal with family injunction applications. Solicitors can obtain protective orders for their clients from the family Courts relating to a spouse or partner’s behaviour and [...]
At last, the news we have been waiting for! The Court of Appeal has quashed restrictions on obtaining legal aid in family court cases. Victims of domestic violence will now have more support in taking [...]
