Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol abuse. Their website publishes a number of leaflets and fact sheets and there is a directory of all local drug & alcohol services in the UK searchable by area. The directory also lists residential support providers. Some of the providers in the list are private organisations as…
Sorry I have been gone …and not been able to devote as much time to this blog as I would like. But I am back again & vowing not to neglect you. In the course of the last few weeks I have been particularly amazed by the loveliness of my clients. This includes family members,…
The Missouri Divorce & Family Law Blog has 3 interesting posts on A Dozen Ways Children of Divorce Get Caught in Their Parents’ Conflict contributed by James Roberts, a Missouri social worker. I recognise each and every one of them, with one or two cases of mine sadly featuring practically all of them. I was…
Resolution has published a great guide about helping parents who are separating to deal with issues about children which is availalbe as a pdf download here .
A mother wrote to me recently setting out a history of problems with the father of her child including that he has a major mental illness, cannot organise himself financially so that he often runs out of food or basics like electricity and she is always having to bail him out. To add insult to…
A questioner asks me whether I have experience of fathers getting anything like 50/50of parenting time. The short answer is yes, but this, of course, does not do justice to the question. Over 15 years in practice, I must have seen just about every permutation of time division between separated parents from zero to 90%…
I am a stepfather. I have been living with a woman who has 3 children for about 4 years. I have 2 children of my own who also live with us. We are about to get married. Will this give me parental responsibility for my partner’s children? Do I need parental responsibility? Getting married to…
The Independent reports on a father who has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his 4 year old son. He also attempted to murder his 14 year old daughter, seemingly in an act of revenge against his wife who he had discovered was having an affair. Most parents don’t take things…
It is a cliche of legal practice that there is nothing a lawyer likes more than a client who says that it’s not the money, it’s the principle (it’s always the money). That client will not think straight about a court case and will fight to the bitter end whatever it costs. Most of the…
Other agencies such as doctors and teachers are not always familiar with the rights of a non-resident parent. They may know they have legal responsibilities to share information but may have practical constraints. Schools, for example, may have a duty to inform parents (whether or not with parental responsibility) but they tend to take the…
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