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Listening to children research
A Sunday Herald article has highlighted certain findings from a research study on children and young people involved in court cases about contact. It suggests that 8% of children in such cases are...
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Expert witnesses in family cases
A useful guide to the different types of expert witnesses which could be involved in family law cases has been published by the Law Society of England, in connection with new rules on the use of expert...
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Shared care legislation for England and Wales
On 4 February 2013, the long awaited Children and Families Bill was introduced to the Westminster Parliament.Section 11 of the Children and Families Bill sets out a presumption of shared parenting for...
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Desert Island Discs features sidelined father
Cricket commentator Jonathan Agnew talked about his sadness at being sidelined from his children's lives during his Desert Island Discs interview on BBC Radio 4. Agnew told how he felt sidelined from...
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Growing Up in Scotland study reveals exclusion of some fathers
The latest set of results from the Growing Up in Scotland (GUS) study includes some information about families in which one parent is not resident with the children. These results are from the latest...
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Families Need Fathers to be discussed in Scottish Parliament
Following a member's motion by John Mason MSP that received cross party support, the involvement of fathers in Scottish families will be debated in the Scottish Parliament on February 27th. Mr Mason's...
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Consultation on civil court reform
Changes to the way civil courts work in Scotland have been announced at the start of a consultation period on proposed legislation. The proposals provide the legal framework for implementing the...
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Families Need Fathers debate at Scottish Parliament
Many of the issues facing separated fathers in Scotland were raised during a member's motion debate in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 27th February. The whole debate is featured on the BBC...
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Lay representatives get a voice in Sheriff courts from April
New Sheriff Court rules allowing an accompanying person to speak on behalf of someone who is representing him or herself in court come into force on April 4th 2013 This change, which has already been...
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"Bedroom Tax" will damage overnight contact
Separated parents who have an extra bedroom so that children can stay overnight risk losing housing benefit once the "Bedroom Tax" is implemented this April. This isn't a new issue - we are often...
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Universal credit not treated as income in child maintenance calculation
Scottish Labour MP Cathy Jamieson's asked a question in the Commons about what the child maintenance liabilities will be of a single, unemployed, non-resident parent who becomes a non-resident parent...
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New guides from AMIS on men experiencing domestic abuse
Abused Men in Scotland (AMIS) is launching two new handbooks: a guide for men experiencing domestic abuse and a guide for service providers. Service providers often indicate that while they would like...
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Orkney concert promotes FNF
photo: Sophie BalcombeFamilies Need Fathers Scotland was promoted at a fundraising concert held last February in Orkney, thanks to local member John Casey. Ten local acts performed including Maggie...
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My Son, My Son
Douglas Galbraith's new book tells the story of how his children were abducted to Japan by his wife. He hasn't seen them since they disappeared from his life in 2003. He returned home to St Andrews...
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Child Benefit disputes between parents
A recent Westminster parliamentary answer revealed that 86,283 competing applications for Child Benefit for the same child were made in 2012/13. Treasury minister Sajid David stated that: "The law...
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Positive approaches to social work with fathers
A new handbook by Edinburgh University social work lecturer Gary Clapton challenges workers in social and health care to rethink their approach to fathers. The majority of fathers, father-substitutes,...
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New funding for FNF Scotland work on parenting
Families Need Fathers Scotland will receive new funding over the next two years as a strategic partner of the Scottish Government. We have also been successful in a funding application to the Big...
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Child Abduction: progress in Pakistan and Japan
Ahmer Bilal SoofiIn future it may become easier to retrieve abducted children from Pakistan and Japan. Pakistan's interim law minister Mr Ahmer Bilal Soofi has indicated that his government will ratify...
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G4S awarded contract to run Child Maintenance Options
G4S, the world's third largest private sector employer, has been awarded the contract to run the Child Maintenance Options service. The contract was previously held by Capita at their call centre in...
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Family Court reform picking up speed
The working group on family court reform convened by Lord Brailsford will be recommending significant changes to procedures in family cases. In a speech last week Lord Brailsford indicated that the...
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