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The House Magazine Briefing Event
NFM on today's Women's Hour
A new kind of couples counselling
Queen's Speech: Children and Families Feature
Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most
From the seven year itch to the three year ditch: Why couples are breaking up earlier than ever
Order laid in Parliament to bring child maintenance under direct Ministerial control
Marriage Foundation due to be launched this week
Consumer body predicts that ABSs will plug legal aid gap
Legal Aid Bill receives Royal Assent
Why a glossy front page could spell doom for celebrity newly-weds
Law Society Family Justice Review Summit round table discussion speech
People decide whether to get married based on how long they think they will live, claims study
Divorce could break the bank after legal aid changes next year
Who are the new Family Mediators?
Mediation information and assessment meetings are not working as they should, suggests report
Report: The extent of conflict and violence in Britain’s families
New chair of Resolution offers government 'critical friendship'
Launch of Family Law arbitration scheme marked by IFLA event
Government suffers defeat over legal aid for children
Judges need to do more to refer couples to mediation
One year on: couples to seek mediation before accessing court
First three ABS firms are announced by Solicitors Regulation Authority
President of Family Division backs no fault divorce
Marketing Strategy for Charities
BBC Documentary: 'Kids in the Middle'
The Fathers' Journey: a survey of help-seeking behaviour by separating and recently separated fathers
Households with children to lose most from tax and benefit changes in the coming year
Court of Appeal to determine division of assets on dissolution of civil partnership
Have you been through a divorce or relationship separation since 1996?
Landmark case enshrines civil partnership as 'identical' to marriage
We're closer since we got divorced
Family Law Awards 2012
Legal aid: Ministers' suffer two more defeats
Court approach challenged on children born into alternative families
Budget 2012 - What it means for families
Warnings of 'dangerous trends' in domestic violence rehabilitation
Update on the work, funding and success of the Family Drug and Alcohol Court
Research evaluates expert witnesses and quality of court reports in the family courts
Children and families directorate to be slashed
Social Justice: Transforming Lives report launched
Charities faced a "toxic mix" over the past year, NCVO chief warns
How almost a third of men admit they would marry a woman they were NOT in love with
Sarah Teather responds to the ResPublica conference about child poverty
New research: children in families facing multiple challenges
The Family Justice Modernisation Programme: Update
NAO Report: Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission - cost reduction
Divorce? It could be in your genes
Violence and abuse in teen relationships
Mediation features on Radio 4
Arbitration scheme becomes available for resolution of family disputes
Does Payment by Results threaten core family services?
Public think Government has had no positive impact on charities
Children's Evidence in court proceedings
Research shows children are bearing the brunt of cuts
Should parents pay for maintenance support?
Families on the edge of financial crisis
The Kids' Will Be Just Fine And Other Divorce Myths
Why divorce doesn’t have to be disaster
Modernisation of Family Justice: Mr Justice Ryder
Law Society calls for proper resources for changes in family courts
New interpreter services for family and other courts
Bar Council and FLBA urge Government to take a practical approach to legal reform
Children should benefit from seeing both parents after separation, says Department for Education
Debrett's guide to divorcing with decorum
Single-parent families reach two million
Government responds to the Family Justice Review
NFM supports changes to promote shared parenting after separation
Singletons spend more than £3 billion a year looking for love
Public can access length of proceedings on a court-by-court basis
Happy Marriage?
Legal Services Commission opens a further tender for unsuccessful family law firms
Government invests £20m in support services for separated parents
Rethink on Child Benefit?
The Good Childhood Report 2012
Family income drops mapped until 2015
Welcome to NFM's new Chair of the Trustee Board
Divorce fears widespread among young couples
Give children happier and more stable lives
CMEC publishes survey of Child Maintenance Options Outcomes for 2009/10
Mediation - One of the few boom industries of 2012
Out-of-Court-Advocacy
Shared parenting' gets rejected
Divorce: Counting the financial cost
Christmas is over - now for Divorce Day
99-year-old divorces wife after he discovered 1940s affair
Work pressures prevent communication between parents and children
Legal action against forced marriage
Impact of legal aid changes: Thousands of children may lose contact with one of their parents
Legal Aid Bill resumes House of Lords committee stage after Christmas recess
Legal aid cuts will save less than half government's forecast, study finds
Divorced mums and dads could get legal right to see their children
1.8 million couples seeking divorce look for mediation on the 7th January
Couples told to 'mediate, not litigate'
Don’t give up on your marriage, says Judge Sir Paul Coleridge's message: mend it, don't end it
Young couples fail to marry for fear of divorce
Season's Greetings from all at National Family Mediation
Unmarried couples should have inheritance rights, say law advisers
Cameron announces key worker role in £448m troubled families initiative
Clegg ridicules tax break for married couples
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