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Children and Families Bill to give families support when they need it most
Divorce could break the bank after legal aid changes next year
Government suffers defeat over legal aid for children
President of Family Division backs no fault divorce
The Fathers' Journey: a survey of help-seeking behaviour by separating and recently separated fathers
Landmark case enshrines civil partnership as 'identical' to marriage
Legal aid: Ministers' suffer two more defeats
Research evaluates expert witnesses and quality of court reports in the family courts
Social Justice: Transforming Lives report launched
The Family Justice Modernisation Programme: Update
Arbitration scheme becomes available for resolution of family disputes
Government responds to the Family Justice Review
Legal Services Commission opens a further tender for unsuccessful family law firms
Rethink on Child Benefit?
Impact of legal aid changes: Thousands of children may lose contact with one of their parents
NFM's response to postponed withdrawal of legal aid
Bar Council hosts debate on the proposed changes to the family justice system
Withdrawal of legal aid delayed by six months
Families 'ripped apart by benefits'
Government to consider options for equal civil marriage for same-sex couples
Politicians declare Mediation as 'the way forward'
Family Justice Review Final Report published
Alliance of interest groups calls on government to change plans
Government proposes to transfer CMEC into the DWP
Government responds to Justice Select Committee’s report on the operation of the family courts
Private law children applications reduce by 21% and public law applications by 14%
Tax breaks for married couples, IDS insists 'We must end bias against marriage’
Conservative Conference 2011: Duncan Smith vows to lift 'couples penalty'
How unmarried couples can have greater legal rights than husbands and wives
Government's legal aid cuts will harm women and children, say family barristers
Clean breaks in Middle Income Divorces Proving to be unachievable in Recession Hit Britain
Family Policy Conference Report
Legal aid: plan for 10% cut raises fears of more law centre closures
'Five-a-day' campaign to promote good parenting, think-tank urges government
More than 1,000 parents receive suspended prison sentences for non-payment of child maintenance
Children need a louder voice in the Family Justice System
Law Commission to review enforcement of family finance orders
Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Research and Annual Report published
Children must be the focus of family justice system, says Cafcass
Family Courts face more litigants in person after legal aid changes
Senior family judge says divorce has become 'epidemic'
Independent social workers attack Family Justice Review plans to oust them from courts
Baroness Hale attacks government's legal aid proposals
Child maintenance should be deducted from salaries or bank accounts, says Commons Committee
ALC publishes its response to the Family Justice Review interim report
Family Justice Service needs proper funding, says Law Society
Access to justice threatened by government plans
Govt response to proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales
Thousands take part in legal aid protests
Evaluation of the Separated Parents Information Programme (PIP) is published
Fixed fees could spark legal aid 'exodus', says top family lawyer
Westminster Hall Debate on Family Policy
Judge demands review of damaging divorce laws
House of Commons debated the Government's legal aid proposals
Mediation information assessment meetings bring about positive change
Final report by the Munro Review is published
Court to rule on unmarried couples' property rights
Cap on expert social work witness fees will be untenable, warns social work association
New mediation rules flawed but a step in the right direction, says Resolution
Family Justice Review Panel publishes interim report
APPG on Family Law and the Court of Protection meet to discuss marital property agreements
Pre-nuptial agreements could soon be protected by law in divorce cases
Proposals for the Reform of Legal Aid in England and Wales
Family Mediation Council Response to Pre-Action Protocol Announcement
Family Mediation: A better way of resolving disputes
Djanogly defends impact of legal aid cuts on voluntary sector
Responses to Legal Aid Reform Consultation
Legal aid axe will rob children of their right to be heard, says children's commissioner
Family breakdown is leading to an increase in mental illness
BBC Radio 4: Where will people go to get divorced in the future?
Is opposition to legal aid cuts gaining momentum?
Ofsted has introduces no-notice inspections for Cafcass
LSC Chair says Legal Aid practitioners need to be realistic
Legal aid cuts spark child abduction fears
Families in the age of austerity
DWP publishes consultation on child maintenance changes
Parents face government fees to access child maintenance
Law Commission consults on pre-nuptial agreements
Frank Field Final Indpendent Report on Poverty and Life Chances
Can cuts to legal aid still be halted?
Shared parenting on the agenda
Iain Duncan Smith backs courses to stop couples splitting up
Out-of-court mediation to cut millions from legal bill
'Fathers at risk' in Government's legal aid cut
Legal aid backlog leaves some defendants unrepresented
Family Law Bar Association Warns of Consequences of Civil Legal Aid Cuts
'Sliding' Out? Cohabitation Dissolution in Low-Income Families
Unmarried parents 'to blame for rise in broken homes'
Cameron pledges 'family-friendly' tax reforms for married couples
David Cameron pledge to help 'troubled families'
Implications of lack of legal aid for divorce: watch the video
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Family Law and The Court of Protection
Mediation has the practitioners' vote: BBC interview
Minister of Justice emphasises Government support for mediation
Insure yourself against divorce: Minister's advice on marriage as huge legal aid crackdown looms
Legal aid spending cuts to total £350m
Wide-ranging reform to legal aid and civil litigation costs.
Introduce whole family services, says Westminster Council member
MPs deliver scathing verdict on Cafcass
Family court service Cafcass criticised by MPs
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