Children
Updates that touch your children most directly, from how the family courts handle children's cases to the new rules shaping their lives online. Kept calm and focused on what actually helps a child when their parents are living apart.
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Keeping a child abroad after a holiday is set to become a crime
A new law will make it a criminal offence to keep a child abroad after an agreed trip, not just to take them without consent. With the summer holidays here, this is what it means and what to do before any trip abroad.
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Social media is being banned for under-16s from spring 2027
The government has announced that under-16s will be blocked from social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat from spring 2027. Messaging apps like WhatsApp are not included, so keeping in touch with your kids is not affected. Here is what is confirmed.
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Family courts are going "child focused" across England and Wales
The Pathfinder family court model is being renamed Child Focused Courts and rolled out across England and Wales, after a pilot that cut delays sharply. Here is what it means for you.
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What scrapping the "presumption of parental involvement" actually means
A Bill going through Parliament would remove the presumption that involving both parents furthers a child's welfare. Here is the calm, accurate version, what it changes and what it does not.