General Children Law

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Parental responsibility

This is the iGuide on parental responsibility

Download the file pdfPR1.pdf (122.28KB)

Parenting concerns for children at a time of separation

At a time of parental separation, it is too easy for the parents to focus on their own concerns and not on the concerns of the children. This note helps parents to look at the needs and concerns of children at a time of parental separation.

Download the file pdfparenting_concerns.pdf (108.21KB)

Effects of separation on children at different ages

Children react differently to parental separation at different times in their lives. This note looks at how children of different ages may react.

Download the file pdfeffect_parental_separation.pdf (106.13KB)

Arrangements for children – the court orders and processes

This note describes the sort of applications that can be made to the court and the issues that are taken into account.

Download the file pdfchildren_court_orders.pdf (107.97KB)

Appointing a guardian of children

Chapter from a Law Society Handbook on the circumstances in which one can appoint a guardian for one’s children after one’s death, co-written with Gillian Cockburn.

Download the file pdfappointing_guardian.pdf (134.98KB)

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