The Litigant in Persons Guide to Children Law

With Legal Aid all but unavailable and solicitors charging around £200 an hour; more and more people are acting in person when they have to take disputes over their children to a Court.

This need not be a daunting experience as with the help and guidance now available in this eBook you can confidently apply for Contact, Residence, or any of the other Orders which the Court can make concerning the welfare of children.

‘The Litigant in Persons Guide to Children Law Applications’ explains the law concerning children in plain English and sets out what is involved in making an application to the court. It deals with the legal principles that will apply, what is relevant and important for your application to succeed, and what the court must consider when dealing with your application. It takes you by the hand and leads you through the procedure and shows with examples the application forms which need completing.

The eBook is written by an experienced family lawyer with more than 25 years of advising and acting for parents in children proceedings. With the help of this book, a parent involved in a dispute over contact, residence or any other issue concerning the welfare of their children can confidently bring matters before a court and obtain appropriate orders.

The Book is divided into chapters dealing with:
• The Law applicable to disputes concerning children
• The legal principles that will be applied by the court.
• Presumptions that may or may not apply;
• Parental Responsibility;
• The Orders that can be made;
• Who can apply for an Order;
• The Procedure to apply for an Order;
• Representation before the Court.

In addition to the above it contains a Chapter on the dirty tricks that can be played and tips on countering them.
Also contained are important decisions of the Courts in children cases and pages of examples of how the law is applied on particular facts.

Amongst the many topics considered are:
• Contact and interim contact orders
• Residence and shared residence orders
• Prohibited Steps and Specific Issue Orders
• Applications to remove a child from England and Wales
• Applications to change a child’s surname;
• Enforcing contact orders;
• Applications by Grandparents and Step-Parents
• CAFCASS and the Children Reporter;
• Child Alienation;

Answers are given to the most frequently asked questions by parents such as:
• What rights do I have to see my son/daughter
• Can I change my child’s name?
• My former wife has stopped me from seeing my son unless I agree not to introduce him to my new partner. Can she do this?
• My daughter’s father will not see her unless I take her to his house which is 40 miles away. She misses him very much but I cannot afford to take her this distance all the time. Can I make him come and collect her?
• My grandson’s mother is an alcoholic and frequently drunk when she should be caring for him. He is only 4. He spends a lot of time at our house where he is very happy but cries when he has to go back to his mother. I am very worried for him and do not know what to do.
• I want to take my 8 year old daughter to Spain for 2 weeks in the summer but my former wife will not let me. What are my rights?
• My son’s mother is refusing to allow me to speak to his teacher at school or attend open days. She will not let me see his school report and tells everyone that he does not have a father. Can I insist on contacting the school.

The Litigant in Persons Guide to Children Law Applications costs £19.99 and is available for immediate download.

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