CAFCASS

The UK Family Court System Is Under Immense Pressure — But Is Meaningful Reform Politically Attractive? The UK family court system is struggling under the weight of rising caseloads, limited resources and persistent delays. Families seeking decisions about child arrangements, divorce, domestic abuse,[...]

CAFCASS – Children And Family Court Advisory and Support Service – is expecting to update its domestic abuse policy in October 2024. The revised policy aims to omprove CAFCASS’ response to domestic abuse, ensuring a consistent reporting and assessment for families affected; and emphasise[...]

Parental responsibility means that a person is responsible for the care and wellbeing of their child and is expected to make important decisions about the child’s life. All birth mothers have parental responsibility for their child from the moment of birth. This can only be removed if the child[...]

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) – This is an organisation which works with children and young people and their families, and then advises the family court on what it considers to be in the best interests of each child. Cafcass worker – Depending on what the family[...]

He was born but he didn’t ask to be. When you hit him, he didn’t ask you to. When you ignored him for the first 6 years of his life, he came to terms with it. When you said you wanted contact with him, he went along with it. When you left him sat in […]

CAFCASS, an acronym for the Children And Family Court Advisory and Support Service. The service reports to the Courts on the safeguarding and welfare of children in public and private law family proceedings. So, what does that mean? If your uncoupling involves children, then CAFCASS Family Court Advisors[...]

During the process of formalising your break-up or uncoupling, the Court, following the recommendations of CAFCASS may require you to attend the SPIP. The Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) is a course designed to help parents become clear about what their children need most from them[...]

What does it mean? The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) was set up in 2001 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act. The role of CAFCASS is to safeguard the welfare of children, give advice to the family courts, make provision for children[...]