What is in the news? The Department of Work and Pensions have recently released information about how the child maintenance system is working. Between February and April 2018, Child Maintenance Options helped parents set up 33,400 child maintenance arrangements. Of these 8,300 were family-based …
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The cost of raising a child
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 …
Obeying court orders about children
There was a recent decision by the Court of Appeal that really brings home the consequences of failing to obey court orders. The court has various powers to punish for contempt of court. Contempt of court (in cases about children) is usually where the court finds that you knew that you were ordered …