Reform special guardianship to protect and support children and carers, says new review – Family Law…

Home > News ‘SGOs provide children with a safe, permanent home,’ concludes review A call for significant changes to Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs) includes ensuring family members who might become carers have direct experience of looking after the child before the court order is made. A new research review shows that SGOs provide children with …

Report calls for reform to special guardianship to protect and support children and carers – Family …

A recent report calls for significant changes to Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs), which includes ensuring family members who might become carers have direct experience of looking after the child before the court order is made. The review was commissioned by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory in response to the Court of Appeal’s call for authoritative, …

Why Women Should Seek Out Financial Advice Before Divorcing Or Separating – Forbes

Contrary to what movies make us believe, rarely does a woman meet with my firm with the goal of taking every last penny from her spouse. Nor do we ever see women who hide assets so they don’t have to give a fair share to their soon-to-be-ex. Nearly one-third of the women who walk through my company’s doors …

Latest ONS stats report 25.8% increase in cohabiting couples – Family Law

17.9% (3.4 million) of families now cohabit, whereas in 2008, it was recorded that only 15% (2.7 million) cohabited.  This is a significant increase, and as an associate solicitor practicing in will, trust and estate disputes, goes some way to explain the increase in claims by cohabitees after someone dies.  May couples have the mistaken …