Marilynstowe - marilynstowe.co.uk - Marilyn Stowe Blog
General Information:
Latest News:
OFSTED: Medway children’s services are ‘inadquate’ 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Services for children in care in the Medway region of Kent are “inadequate”, inspectors Ofsted have declared. There were “deficits” in services within the unitary authority, said the report, and outc...
Summer holidays fray parents’ relationships, new research reveals 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Nearly a fifth of parents end the school holidays contemplating divorce or separation, according to new research from Stowe Family Law. Eighteen per cent of parents began the new school year contempl...
Adoption application fails because man had not spent enough time with the child 25 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
In a recently published case, the High Court rejected an adoption application because the man had not spent enough time with the child. The case of Re X concerned a British citizen who has spent a nu...
Court of Appeal rules in favour of adoption in child neglect case 24 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
A mother who had hoped to place her two youngest children with her partner’s parents has failed in her appeal against a ruling a ruling that they be placed for adoption instead. At a court hearing in...
MacMillan Dictionary expands definition of marriage to include gay couples 23 Aug 2013 | 11:18 pm
The prestigious MacMillan Dictionary has changed its definition of the word ‘marriage’ to include gay couples, becoming the first British dictionary to do so. The entry now reads: “The relationship ...
Coronation Street star Charlie Condou has children via IVF 23 Aug 2013 | 05:12 pm
Coronation Street star Charlie Condou had two children with a female friend via IVF, Red Magazine reports. The 40 year-old actor, who is gay, plays Marcus Dent in the long-running soap opera. Accordi...
Family Division President says legal aid cuts ‘disconcerting’ 23 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division and England’s most senior family judge, has described his dismay at the reliance on pro bono representation by some defendants in serious family cases...
Mother fails in disguised claim for maintenance 22 Aug 2013 | 10:35 pm
The mother of a twelve year-old girl has failed in an attempt to apply for financial relief (maintenance), after a judge ruled that the father no longer had any responsibilities to her. N v C concern...
Manchester DJ announces her divorce live on air 22 Aug 2013 | 03:53 pm
Popular Manchester breakfast show host Chelsea Norris has announced her divorce from fellow DJ Matt Spokes live on air. Norris, co-presenter of Key103 breakfast show Mike and Chelsea in the Morning, ...
Court of Appeal sends international child residence case to Family Division for further thought 22 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
The Court of Appeal has sent a complex international residence case involving four children to the Family Division for further consideration. In Re LC, four children with Spanish citizenship had live...
