Caring Dads Programme UK: Referrals, Family Court and Child Contact

The Caring Dads programme is a structured, child-centred intervention for fathers whose behaviour has harmed, or may have placed at risk, their children or the children’s mother. It is not a general parenting course, and it is not a route to automatic child contact. Its purpose is to help fathers understand the impact of abusive, […]

The Ministry of Justice has consulted on some of the most substantial proposed family law reforms to family financial law in recent decades. The consultation, A fairer end to relationships, considered how the law deals with finances when a marriage, civil partnership or cohabiting relationship ends, and when an unmarried partner dies without a will. […]

The Caring Dads programme is a structured, child-centred intervention for fathers whose behaviour has harmed, or may have placed at risk, their children or the children’s mother. It is not a general parenting course, and it is not a route to automatic child contact. Its purpose is to help fathers understand the impact of abusive, […]

Child inclusive mediation gives children and young people an opportunity, where appropriate, to share their views with a specially trained mediator. It does not mean that a child has to choose between their parents or take responsibility for the final arrangements. Instead, it is a structured and child-focused way for their perspective to be heard and […]

Drug test contamination in child custody cases means a test shows positive because of environmental exposure, laboratory error, or a sample mix-up rather than actual drug use, and that can lead to false positives being treated as proof against a parent. For parents in family court, the lawyers advising them, and anyone trying to understand […]