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Children and Families circulars - December 2007
6th December 2007
When parents divorce they are encouraged to make a parents' plan and come to an agreement on arrangements for their children.
Here is a link to Children and Families circular: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/childrenandfamilies/cfcirculars.shtml#LASSL
Parenting Early Intervention Grant
This circular sets out the requirements for the
Mixed reviews on conciliation - December 2007
6th December 2007
Mixed reviews on conciliation
The evaluation of conciliation shows mixed results
Although 79% of cases had an agreement about contact and cases were closed and more children had overnight contact, large numbers of parents had required further professional intervention or been back to litigation.
Read more: http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease211107a.htm
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New Bulletin from One Plus One - November 2007
30th November 2007
New bulletin available from One Plus One www.oneplusone.org.uk looks at:
Journal Articles
Challenging the presumption of diminished capacity to parent: does divorce really change parenting practices? by Strohschein L. Family Relations, Volume 56, Issue 4 pp358-368.
This research was supported by a research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities...
New bulletin from One Plus One - September 2007
14th September 2007
New bulletin available from One Plus One www.oneplusone.org.uk looks at:
Neglected girls more likely to self-harm
Families in which teens misuse drugs and alcohol more liklely to break up as a consequence
Latest statistics on divorce
Over half (53 per cent) of couples divorcing in 2006 had at least one child aged under 16, the same as in 2005. There were 125,030 children aged under...
New poll finds support inadequate for families - September 2007
14th September 2007
150,000 -200,000 breakdowns involving children each year but the survey uncovered persistent stereotypes of lone parent. Although divorce was at its lowest figure for serveral years this does not count cohabiting couplesMore than 20 million people in the UK equal to around a third, are now direclty affected by divorce or separation either through their own relationship or their parents'....
News Update August 2007
30th August 2007
Co-habiting?
The new report from the Law Commission recommends giving cohabiting couples considerably more legal protection than they have had up until now, but still not as much as that enjoyed by married couples.
(Law Commission: Cohabitation) http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/cohabitation.htm
Conservative Party family policy
The Conservatives' new report from the Social Justice Policy Group,...
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