September 1, 2007 12:00 am | Children in Law, Family Law in the UK

More advice to mothers about parental responsibility

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 27, 2007 3 Comments

The real point to consider is – will it really make a difference on a day-to-day basis? Will it cause difficulties that you either have to put up with anyway or ought to? Non-resident parents have a lot of separate rights, for example, under the Human Rights Act, by their ability to make an application…

My child’s father has asked for parental responsibility. Should I agree?

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 25, 2007 14 Comments

Mothers are often very anxious about what it means for a father to have parental responsibility. Just to give a few examples: • Will the father interfere with her day-to-day life looking after the child by stopping me from dressing the child the way I want or feeding the child in a particular way?• Will…

The duty of Counsel

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 22, 2007 Leave a comment

I am reeling with shock at the conduct of Bruce Hyman who has been sent to prison for twelve months for planting a fake judgment on his opponent father in a contact case. A vox pop of my colleagues suggests that he got off quite likely as most of us would have given him two…

Boston Legal’s Alan Shore

The law is a funny businessBy admin September 11, 2007 Leave a comment

Denny Crane’s handsome sidekick Alan Shore, played by James Spader. “Let me tell me two things about myself. I too am a lawyer, I can be painfully vindictive, and I do not play fair”. My role model.

Removal of babies from parents: the law

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 6, 2007 4 Comments

I have been reading with growing alarm about the case of Fran Lyons and in the press (see this Daily Mail article . I have to say I rarely like to get drawn into this sort of debate as usually you can only hear one half of the story. But the half that I have heard…

Yes but what does sharing parental responsibility really mean in practice?

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 5, 2007 Leave a comment

This question is best answered by giving a few example of situations in which parents trying to share parental responsibility do not agree about the way a child should be brought up.In most cases, the court can be asked to make a decision when parents cannot agree. In most cases, the court will give very…

10 Ways to Irritate the Other Parent & Provoke a Court Case

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 4, 2007 Leave a comment

Never turn up at the arranged time for contact Never bring your child back on time from contact Refuse to agree a regular contact regime because you just want contact whenever you want contact Give your child a drastic haircut or dye the child’s hair a funny colour without telling them Get the child’s ears…

What does sharing parental responsibility mean in practice?

Bloody RelationsBy admin September 3, 2007 Leave a comment

In UK family law, generally speaking an individual person with parental responsibility can make decisions about the child on their own, if need be. In fact, there are also many decisions which may be made by someone who is simply looking after a child. The Children Act 1989 says that any person who has care…

CSI: follow the evidence

The law is a funny businessBy admin September 2, 2007 Leave a comment

And another hero: Gill Grissom“There’s three things I got a real problem with: Guys that hit their wives, sexual assault on children and the scum that deal death to kids.” The CSI website has its own wiki.

More advice to mothers about parental responsibility

My child’s father has asked for parental responsibility. Should I agree?

The duty of Counsel

Boston Legal’s Alan Shore

Yes but what does sharing parental responsibility really mean in practice?

10 Ways to Irritate the Other Parent & Provoke a Court Case

What does sharing parental responsibility mean in practice?

CSI: follow the evidence

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