Child Arrangements

When the other parent breaks a child arrangements order — denying contact, returning the children late, or ignoring the schedule — the family court…

A parenting plan is a written agreement between separated parents recording how you will raise your children — where they live, when they see…

Transgender parents in the UK keep their legal relationship with their children through every stage of transition — the law on that point is…

When one parent is absent — uninvolved, uncontactable, or simply gone — the parent left raising the child needs to know what they can…

A fact-finding hearing is a trial within children proceedings: the family court hears evidence about disputed allegations — most often domestic abuse — and…

Collaborative divorce settles a separation in face-to-face meetings, each of you advised by your own solicitor throughout — with one rule that changes everything:…

The adoption requirements in the UK ask two things of you: are you eligible, and can you satisfy the assessment that follows? The eligibility…

Child maintenance is the regular financial contribution the parent who does not live with a child day to day makes towards the child’s living…

A parent’s drink or drug use only decides a children case when it affects their parenting. Courts distinguish past use from present risk, and…

When the local authority becomes involved with your children, the process runs on two sections of the Children Act 1989: section 17, support for…

Surrogacy is legal in the UK, but the law around it is old and awkward: agreements are unenforceable, the surrogate is the legal mother…

Where the children live after separation — and how much they see the other parent — is decided by agreement where possible and by…