Family, Children & Divorce

A husband has lost his appeal to have his payments to his former wife reduced even though the couple’s assets had not been divided equally as part of the divorce settlement. The case involved a couple in their 30s who had been married for 10 years and had a daughter aged three. The wife earned

The Court of Appeal has overturned a judge’s ruling which allowed a father increased contact with his daughter. The judge granted the father extra unsupervised contact, despite also insisting that he undergo a psychological assessment to determine that the child would be safe in his care. A report produced by CAFCASS, the agency that protects

A father who abducted his two children and brought them back to the UK has been ordered to return them to their mother. The case involved a British couple who moved to Canada to start a new life with their two children, aged two and four. They separated within a few months of arriving and

A woman who divorced her husband when they both had no money has failed in her bid to share in the fortune he earned after the marriage ended. Dale Vince and Kathleen Julie Wyatt separated in 1984 when they were both in their early 20s. They divorced in 1992. Mr Vince was penniless at the

A father has won an appeal against a court order that rejected the recommendations of childcare experts and reduced his contact with his children. The local authority and child welfare officers recommended that the father should be allowed contact once every three weeks. This should begin immediately with his two younger children and then three

There has been a large increase in the number of children abducted by their parents and taken to or from the UK following the breakdown of relationships. Figures released in the annual report by the Office for International Family Justice for England and Wales show that there were only three such cases in 2007. The

There’s been a large increase in the number of couples drawing up living together agreements – sometimes known as cohabitation agreements or ‘no-nups’. Some family lawyers say the figures have doubled in the last few years. The increase coincides with the growing trend for parents to provide their children with large sums to help buy

A father has won his appeal against a court decision that he should no longer have supervised contact with his two children. The man had originally been granted supervised contact because it was feared that he might abscond and take the children abroad if there was no supervision. The problem arose when he applied to

Courts usually try to share marital assets equally during divorce settlements, but what happens if some assets don’t become available until several years after the separation? The issue arose in a recent case before the High Court. The husband had founded a successful company in the early years of the marriage. Both husband and wife