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Foster carers have been approved by the fostering panel to adopt, but, following their approval, further information came to light which had to be investigated. The investigation was completed and an addendum report supported approval. Does the case have to go back to the fostering panel or to the agency decision maker? What are the regulations underpinning this?
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A child was placed with kinship carers by local authority (LA) A, which subsequently agreed to another child being placed with the same carers by LA B pending an assessment of the carers as to their suitability to be foster carers. The care plan for both children is for special guardianship orders to be made. In such circumstances, which local authority should deal with the foster care temporary approval and reviews for the second child?
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What is the procedure in an application for nullity that relies on the respondent’s wilful refusal to consummate the marriage where the respondent fails to file the acknowledgment of service? Can the application proceed simply by serving respondent with the papers in the same manner as a divorce?
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Can the notes taken by a contact centre regarding supervised contact visits, and which have been filed with the court in proceedings for a child arrangements order, be disclosed by a party to the proceedings to their solicitor in relation to criminal proceedings without obtaining permission from the family court?
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A spousal periodical payments order included a step down reduction in the monthly amount. The paying party has overpaid in error by £50,000 over a five year period. What options exist for the paying party to recover some or all of the overpayment?
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Judicial separation

An order of the court enabling the parties to a marriage to (lawfully) live separately although to remain married.

Pre-application protocols

An applicant in relevant family proceedings must attend a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) before making an application to the court. In addition, annexed to FPR 2010, PD 9A is the pre-application protocol for an application for a financial remedy and guidance notes. The protocol provides that the aim of all pre-application proceedings steps should be to assist the parties to resolve their differences speedily and fairly, or at least narrow the issues, and should that not be possible, to assist the court to do so.

Primary principles

A Primary Principles document was issued in January 2022, superseding the Good Practice Protocol previously issued in November 2019, in relation to the Financial Remedies Court. The Primary Principles document makes provision as to procedure and allocation in the Financial Remedies Court.
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