It has been reported that lawyers have been “inundated” with inquiries from separated parents arguing about where their children should stay during the Coronavirus lockdown, with some trying to get the other parent sent to prison for breaking existing child arrangements. The evidence is anecdotal, but the report says that some parents are using the […]
Separated families, children disputes and domestic abuse: The last week in family law Separated family population statistics
The Department for Work and Pensions has published the latest release of annual statistics on separated families in Great Britain, for the period April 2014 to March 2018. Amongst the main stories were that in 2017/18 there were approximately 2.4 million separated families in Great Britain including 3.5 million children; 48% of separated families had […]
