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Parental responsibility: Spot the difference

Jodi Ford and Rachel Cocker question the rationale behind the different legislative approaches to parental responsibility for unmarried fathers While the granting of parental responsibility can be an emotive topic, it is, more often than not, a positive reflection of a parent’s involvement in the child’s life and merely endorses in law an existing relationship …

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Property succession: A clear route map for foreign property inheritance by minors

A recent Family Court decision has valuable lessons for trust and estate practitioners dealing with foreign property inherited by a minor. Georgia Bedworth reports The decision in Re B makes clear that in English law, just as in civil law jurisdictions, the power to administer property on behalf of a child is an aspect of …

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International focus: Keeping it in the family

Caroline McNally and Chantelle Woo set out grandparents’ rights with respect to children in Hong Kong At present, the law in Hong Kong does not provide for any third party, whether related to the child by blood or otherwise, to make an application to the court to be appointed as a child’s guardian on divorce …

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Step-parents: Rights, remedies and recognition

Emily Watson and Artemis Michael provide a guide to key legislation and case law that applies as to the options available to a step-parent in relation to a step-child Adoption is the most secure way to ensure a married or unmarried step-parent may remain in a child’s life, as the step-parent becomes a permanent and …

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Private children: An exception to the rule

Rebecca Viola and Aimee Jones analyse the court’s approach in a case where various draconian orders were sought in relation to a father and the court’s reasons for making those orders In D v E, any decision in favour of promoting contact, or maintaining the father’s parental responsibility, would be a significant change of circumstances …

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