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Musings on new fangled equality

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , , , on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Just a thought. I’m not trying to be controversial or nuffing. But it did occur to me today that whilst the clamour for a presumption of equal parenting is all well and good (I agree its a solution that should be given serious consideration in most cases, but not that this should be elevated to [...]

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FNF & CAFCASS Draft Shared Care Docs Criticised

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on August 10, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Thanks to Family Law Week for notice of this article on Community Care regarding the role Families Need Fathers is playing in drafting CAFCASS Guidance. . It’s concerning in the first instance that the drafts should have been apparently subject to criticism from respected academics, although it’s unclear from the article what the detail of those [...]

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Not Punny

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

My husband wants to know if Wall LJ’s Larkin judgment is what they call ‘poetic justice’? (groans) In the words of Basil Brush: Bu-Boom.

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A few titbits…

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

…to keep all the snowed-in out there occupied (if you aren’t out hurtling down a hill on a bin lid that is). I don’t have time today to chase up all these items but thought some of you might be interested… Children’s Society report (Thanks Teech Liz) – from a 2 second look at the [...]

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Creative Accounting

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on October 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Helpful suggestion from a District Judge the other day: when making a shared residence order couple it with a condition pursuant to s11(7) Children Act 1989 providing that the parent in receipt of Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits / Working Tax Credits pay to the other each week / month a sum representing the pro rata proportion of [...]

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Absent Mothers

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Just to note an interesting article in Tuesday’s T2 section of The Times about Mothers living apart from their children. It deals with various scenarios including the all too familiar example of a mother leaving an abusive relationship where, by the time she has got herself on her feet and obtained accommodation for herself and [...]

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