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School Choice Disputes: What Separated Parents Can Do

Jessica Firth-Brown
21 Oct 2024
Law Blog
Divorce & Separation News and Legal Updates
Family Emergency

Agreeing which school your child should attend can often be a source of conflict for separated parents. It may be that you have been able to agree the arrangements for your child amicably since separation but when it comes to the school and the distance from where each of you live, you simply cannot agree.

Christmas Arrangements for Separated Parents

Jessica Firth-Brown
21 Oct 2024
Law Blog
Divorce & Separation News and Legal Updates
Family Emergency

Christmas is for many in the UK the most important holiday of the year. Understandably, parents want to spend every Christmas with their children. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to be possible for separated parents.

Family Members - Negative Assessments in Care Proceedings

It is not necessarily common knowledge that family members of children in care proceedings may be entitled to legal aid. If there are ongoing Court proceedings and Children’s Services have undertaken an assessment of you that you are unhappy with, you are entitled to challenge that assessment and may be eligible for legal aid to allow you to be legally represented in the proceedings.

Separated Parents and Holidays Abroad - Can You Take Your Children?

Jessica Firth-Brown
14 Jun 2024
Law Blog
Divorce & Separation News and Legal Updates
Family Emergency

If you are separated from your child's other parent, and fear planning a holiday abroad will cause conflict, it may help to be clear on the facts from the start.

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We have made nine promotions across the business further to recent changes to our promotion policy.

Family Lawyers Recognised as Resolution Accredited Specialists

Helen Derry
2 Apr 2024
Firm News
Divorce & Separation News and Legal Updates
Family Emergency

Four more members of the Family Law team at Sills & Betteridge have recently put themselves through a series of rigorous assessments and successfully qualified as Resolution Accredited Specialists.