Family Mediation is a service that helps parents and other family members to resolve differences and reach agreement after separation. You can arrange an intake interview with your local family…
How to resolve a dispute over choice of school?
Choosing which school to attend may involve factors other that the relative quality of different schools. Sometimes the dispute relates to the distance from each parent’s home, or to the…
How much parental leave can a father take?
Fathers in the UK may be eligible for one or two weeks of paid paternity leave, paternity pay and shared parental leave and pay. See the government web site for…
How does the Child Maintenance Service decide on equal shared care?
When both parents are looking after their children for equal amounts of time neither of them should be assessed by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to pay maintenance. Equal care…
How does family law work in England and Wales?
This handbook was prepared to describe how public and private family law cases are handled in England, Wales and Scotland. It’s a useful guide to the different systems, although you…
How can you request information about someone who is now involved with your child’s life?
Community disclosure enables parents, carers or guardians of children under 18 years old to make a formal request for the disclosure of information about a named person who may have…