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If you are living with your partner, or planning to do so, but you don’t think you need a cohabitation agreement, think again. Read on for an explanation about why you need a cohabitation agreement. At its simplest, if you sign a cohabitation agreement with your partner and then separate, the fact that you signed …
Special Guardianship is a formal court order which places a child or young person with someone permanently and gives this person parental responsibility for the child. An SGO will last until the child reaches the age of 18 years, assuming that it is not brought to an end by an earlier Order. The Order can be varied or discharged. Any person making an application for …
A Prohibited Steps Order is an order which prohibits a party (usually a parent) from a certain activity relating to a child(ren). It also prohibits a party from exercising their parental responsibility. An example of where a Prohibited Steps Order might be applied for is to prevent one parent from taking a child out of the country or jurisdiction or removal of …
There have recently been changes to the guidance being provided by Government and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) regarding Child Arrangement Orders during COVID. Coronavirus: Separated Families and Contact with Children in Care FAQs The briefing paper Number CBP 8901 dated 15 October 2020 and titled Coronavirus: Separated Families and Contact with …
You can apply for an injunction or an occupation order if you are a victim of domestic abuse and meet the requirements. The order will say who can live in the family home or enter the surrounding area. An application for an Occupation Order bears very serious consequences for the Respondent and is deemed to …
If parties cannot agree or compromise, and mediation fails following a divorce or separation. a CAO (child arrangement order) can be applied from the court to determine who the child lives with and what contact or time he or she will spend with the other parent. Child custody and contact arrangements often become a contentious …
One of the main purposes of a prenuptial agreement is to limit the potential claims on the wealth or assets of one of the parties to the marriage and avoid costly litigation. In order to give your pre-nup the best chance of success it is important that : A prenuptial agreement can help you avoid …
Parenthood through inter-country adoption should be a joyous experience but the stress of sorting out the legal paperwork in the child’s country of birth and the adoption and immigration law documentation in the UK can make the process nerve wracking. That’s not want you want as new adoptive parents. As a family lawyer specialising in …
