A mother with learning difficulties has been allowed to keep her child after demonstrating progress in social work assessments.
In Re J (A Child), the local authority had placed the mother under assessment in supported accommodation due to concerns about her ability to care for the boy, then approaching his first birthday. The mother showed progress but a second period of
A mother who discovered that her former partner had a rape conviction after they separated has won an appeal against extended contact arrangements.
In A (a child), the couple had separated after what was described as “rather volatile relationship involving heated rows, verbal abuse and some physical confrontation.” They had a son together, now aged four.
A debate in the Afghan parliament on domestic violence legislation has been halted amidst angry scenes.
The bill, introduced in 2009 by President Harmid Karzai, bans forced marriage and violence against women. Hundreds of people have been jailed under the law but it has
The first ever Chief Social Worker for Children and Families has been appointed by Education Secretary Michael Gove.
Isabelle Trowler is a highly experienced social worker who “transformed” children’s services in Hackney, the Department for Education reports. In her new role she lead
Legendary Korean pop star Seo Taiji has announced plans to marry a second time.
The 41 year-old singer-songwriter – a former member of influential band Seo Taiji and Boys – is to marry actress Lee Eun Song, 24, best known for her role in Korean TV drama Sharp 1.
The Seoul-born performer met the actress on the set of a music video, later writing on his website:
The American mother who reappeared earlier this month after living as a vagrant in Florida for more than a decade thought her “children were better off without her”. 
A man who divorced his wife after visits to a psychic has been cleared of harassing her.
Jim Gotobed, of Romford, said he had left sessions with Tracie Long feeling “hypnotised” and increasingly in love with her, the Telegraph reports.
The government has no plans to introduce civil partnerships for heterosexual couples according to Minister for Woman and Equalities Maria Miller .
Speaking to a parliamentary subcommittee on human rights, the 49 year-old MP for Basingstoke said:
“We don't feel there is either a necessity or a requirement to open up civil partnerships to heterosexual couples because there is no deficit there – there is no lack of an ability to be able to formalise a relationship in a legal way. It is already there for heterosexual couples. It's called marriage.”
A UK couple have been declared innocent of any wrongdoing by the High Court after they fell victim to a fertility clinic scam.
In the second case of its kind presided over by Mr Justice Coleridge, the couple had been referred to the Miracle of God Fertility Clinic in Port Harcourt, Nigeria after eight years of unsuccessful fertility treatment. They travelled to the country and paid £12,000 for
A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested after attacking the judge in a divorce court.
According to a report on the Al Youm news programme, the assault occurred in a courtroom in Al Qatif on the country’s eastern coast.
The US government has rejected calls from child abduction campaigners to threaten sanctions against Japan.
According to a report in the Japan Times, ‘hundreds’ of American children have been abducted from the United States into Japan by alienated parents – more than any other country.
Who are our closest living relatives? You might at first think ‘Mum’ and ‘Dad’. Our parents bring us into the world and their genes, personalities and parenting skills all usually leave very firm footprints across our lives. But actually the answer is our siblings. Our brothers or sisters are closest because they are the only people on the planet to have
A transsexual woman from Hong Kong has been granted the right to marry by the territory’s supreme court. 
Jennifer Lopez plans to feature her 2011 separation from Latin singer Marc Anthony in upcoming 3D concert film Dance Again.
The 43 year-old performer married Marc Anthony, one of the world’s biggest selling
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