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Family Law Archive - February 2018 - Page 2

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A brief history of surrogacy law in the UK
In 1985, the birth of ‘Baby Cotton’ came with a very different kind of fanfare than that usually enjoyed by the family of a newborn child. Instead, the birth of the UK’s first baby born via commercial surrogacy led to a public outcry, with surrogate mother Kim Cotton being accused of selling a child for the sake of new... Read More

85% of parents with a family-based child maintenance arrangement say it works well
Key statistics have been released by the DWP, concerning the child maintenance arrangements of those families who have had contact with the Child Maintenance Options service (CMO). What is the CMO? Child Maintenance Options is often a family’s first port of call in terms of obtaining basic information about what it means to set up... Read More

M (A Child): Father blocks mother from taking children to family reunion back in Kurdistan
In a recently reported case, a father succeeded in seeking orders to prevent the mother of his child from taking the child out of the jurisdiction for a family reunion in Kurdistan. The High Court case M (A Child) (Temporary Removal to Kurdistan) was decided last March, with the judgement delivered in private. A version of the judgement has... Read More

Court of Appeal affirms that in "an exceptional case", identity of optimal adopter can be considered in care proceedings
In a case that "raises an important point of principle" in regards to the court's scope of consideration in care proceedings, a father's appeal has been dismissed. Last year, Her Honour Judge George made a care and placement order in respect of a little girl. B was born in Spring 2016 and had been in foster care ever since. Her older brother, H,... Read More

Empower foster parents, government urged
A review into the fostering system in the UK has urged councils to give foster parents more discretion in parenting their foster children. The independent review, published today, encourages local authorities to remove red tape preventing foster parents from making everyday decisions about children's haircuts, clothes and friends. Unless a foster... Read More

Re AB (A Child): Establishing a care plan amidst a difference of views
Sir James Munby heard the matter of AB (A Child) in the Royal Courts of Justice on 16 January 2018. The case, which spans over two years, is centred on AB who is a severely disabled child. The case highlights the disparity of views relating to the medical treatment of those with significantly reduced quality of life and focuses solely on the... Read More

Same-sex couples suing US government for denying citizenship to their children
Two parallel lawsuits have been filed by LGBTQ immigrant rights group Immigration Equality on behalf of a pair of binational same-sex couples who allege the United States wrongly denied their children citizenship. In the first case, American Allison Blixt and her Italian wife, Stefania Zaccari, carried one child to term each. Only one son, carried... Read More
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