Family Law Archive - Page 18

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Child better served by British rather than Indian nationality, court rules in Re K (A Child)

9th August 2017

Mr Justice Bodey has granted a mother permission to proceed with an application on behalf of her child for British citizenship. In a pioneering judgment, in which he considers the concept of ‘nationality’, Mr Justice Bodey concluded that having British nationality will not “impinge on her sense of being an Indian girl”... Read More

A glance at Lady Hale and her impact on family law

9th August 2017

On 2 October 2017, Baroness Hale of Richmond will succeed Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury as President of the UK Supreme Court. Deputy President of the Supreme Court since June 2013, Lady Hale was the first woman in the Supreme Court, and at the time of her appointment, the Court’s only family law specialist. She has played a major role in the... Read More

NHS placement confirmed for suicidal teen girl at the centre of damning judgment from Sir James Munby

8th August 2017

A safe bed has been found for a 17-year-old girl with significant mental health issues days after Sir James Munby, who presided over the case, decried the lack of provision for her. The case prompted a flood of media outrage, reigniting the conversation over the services (or lackthereof) available for vulnerable young people in the UK... Read More

Oregon parents fight to regain custody of children taken from them because of their low IQ

4th August 2017

An American couple are fighting to regain custody of their children after the state authorities removed them from their care because of the parent's "limited cognitive abilities". Amy Fabbrini, 31, and Eric Ziegler, 38 from Oregon, USA had their son Christopher taken into foster care in September 2013 following a child welfare complaint from... Read More

Cohabitation: where are we now?

4th August 2017

The debate as to whether legal status should be afforded to cohabiting couples is one that refuses to go away. Per the Office for National Statistics, in 2016 there were 12.7 million married and civil partner families in the UK, making it by far the most common family type. However, the fastest growing family type is cohabiting couple families,... Read More

Domestic abuse allegations in 62 per cent of child contact applications, research finds

2nd August 2017

New research by Women's Aid and CAFCASS has revealed that nearly two-thirds of family court applications regarding arrangements for children feature allegations of domestic abuse. Upon examination of 216 child contact cases, chosen at random, "a complex picture of domestic abuse within family proceedings" emerged, with researchers finding that... Read More

Top family judge gives legal judgment in form of letter

28th July 2017

Mr Justice Peter Jackson has given his decision to a High Court case heard this month in the form of a letter addressed directly to the teenage boy whose future the case concerned. The dispute concerned whether the boy should remain with his mother and stepfather in the UK or relocate to Scandinavia with his father and apply for citizenship... Read More

Recognising foreign adoptions: W v The Secretary of State for the Home Department

25th July 2017

The recent case of W v The Secretary of State for the Home Department concerns a married couple who are Nigerian citizens lawfully resident in the UK in a temporary capacity, with the husband ('Mr W'), on a Tier 2 visa. His wife, ('Mrs W'), is entitled to be in the UK as his spouse. The couple adopted their 2 year old son (V) in Nigeria and... Read More

Has marriage lost its health benefits in the modern world?

18th July 2017

Contrary to comprehensive research demonstrating that marriage is good for your health, a US study has revealed that modern marriages do not benefit from the same 'protective effect' enjoyed by older couples. Previously, marriage has been praised for keeping people, especially men, happy and healthy. Tying the knot has been linked to lowering... Read More

Experts' Group propose new Hague Convention on the cross-border enforcement of family law agreements

18th July 2017

A group of legal experts met in The Hague last week in order to discuss best practices surrounding the enforcement of family law agreements in foreign states. Chaired by Professor Paul Beaumont, of the University Aberdeen, the Experts' Group on cross-border recognition and enforcement of agreements in family disputes began with the acknowledgement... Read More

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