Guides, explainers and updates from Kabir Family Law.
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Divorce & Separation
An emotional affair is a secret, intimate bond with someone outside your relationship. Here is what it does, and does not, change…

Social Services & Care Proceedings
A parenting assessment is a structured piece of work that sets out how you care for your child now, what gets in…

Divorce & Separation
What a sharia council is: the short answer A sharia council is a voluntary religious body that gives rulings under Islamic law,…

Names, Birth Certificates & Parental Responsibility
Changing name after marriage is a choice in England and Wales, not a legal duty. No rule says you must take a…

Child Arrangements & Orders
Schools, councils, the Home Office and the family court regularly ask for proof of parental responsibility before they will accept decisions made…

Financial Settlements & Maintenance
Does child maintenance affect Universal Credit? No. GOV.UK states that child maintenance payments will not affect any benefits that you and your…

Child Arrangements & Orders
Human rights Article 8 gives you the right to respect for your private and family life, and then, in the very next…

The FP8 form is how you tell the family court that a new firm is acting for you, or that you are…

The most useful way to help someone being emotionally abused is to stay in their life without making them choose. Emotional abuse…

Domestic Abuse & Protective Orders
Is silent treatment abuse? Sometimes. The answer turns on the pattern the silence forms, on what the person using it wants from…
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