The Child Poverty Action Group released their report recently: The Cost of a Child in 2018. They based their calculations on what the majority of people think are the essentials to give a minimum standard of living. The report makes pretty grim reading in terms of the increasing gap between …
child maintenance
Brexit and family law
Brexit is going to be felt across all areas of our day to day lives and that includes family law. We are no longer a nation of people who are born, marry and die within their own village, town or even country. We are international travellers and workers now. Our families often reflect this so it is …
Improvement to enforcement of financial orders
The Government has agreed to improve the enforcement of financial orders, in response to a Law Commission report. Courts can make these orders, which mean that one spouse or civil partner must pay money or transfer property to the other after a relationship breaks down. But in 2016 a report …