Order removes children from care of grandparents and places them in foster care Grandparents failed to overturn an interim care order placing their young grandchildren into foster care – even though they had not been ruled out as long term carers for the children. In T (Children) [2015] EWCA Civ 453, the two children aged…
Couples who have big weddings stick together, but brides with expensive dresses end up divorced? Research carried out by two psychologists from Denver University suggests a link between the size and cost of a wedding and the likelihood of divorce. They found that well attended weddings correlate with lower divorce rates. In other words, the…
Father blocked from further vexatious litigation Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales, placed a Grepe v Loam order on a father preventing him from issuing any further litigation. Judge Munby also warned fellow judges that, if they received further court applications from the father, they…
Election Round-Up: the main parties’ proposed changes to family law Resolution, the family law association, is calling on the political parties to reform family law. The association, which is made up of over 6500 family lawyers launched its manifesto in London recently and Simon Hughes a Liberal Democrat attended the launch – because family law…
NY woman serves divorce papers via Facebook Divorce papers can now be served exclusively via Facebook in New York State when that is the only possible option, following a recent court ruling there. In Baidoo v Blood-Dzraku (NY March 27th 2015) the claimant, Ms Baidoo, said she had been unable to serve a divorce summons…
Divorced women more likely to suffer heart disease – but not men Women who divorce are far more likely than those who do not to suffer heart disease, according to recent research. Divorce appears to have less effect on the cardiovascular health of men, however. The research which was published by a journal of the…
Eva Mendes declares sweatpants lead to divorce Hollywood Star Eva Mendes has caused furore by saying that sweatpants, or jogging bottoms as we know them in the UK, are the number one cause of divorce in America. The glamourous star gave an interview about her personal style to ExtraTV.com in which described her style as…
PR Order granted in favour of 3 year old twins born by surrogacy:Â AB v CD (Surrogacy: Time Limit and Consent) [2015] EWFC 12 A gay couple navigated their way through a series of legal obstacles to obtain a Parental Responsibility Order in their favour for baby twins born to a surrogate mother in India. The…
Family Drug and Alcohol Courts rolled out across England Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs) are being rolled out to more areas across England after a successful pilot in Central London in 2008 and subsequent extension to Milton Keynes and Gloucester. FDACs are special courts which help parents with substance misuse issues keep their children within the family….
Further information about plans to centralise divorce case processing It’s been known for a while that plans are progress to centralise the processing of divorce applications but little was known about how it would actually work until recently. For ordinary cases of divorce (i.e. uncontested and non-urgent matters) and applications for financial remedies these processing…