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Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in the Journal of Family Issues has found that marriages of military members are not more vulnerable than civilian marriages.

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Hundreds of children are forced to wait an average of 20 months from entering care to moving in with their adoptive parents – six months slower than the timetable set out in national guidance, according to official figures.

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The Government has put forward plans to reduce delays in the family justice and adoption systems, under new legislation announced in the Queen’s Speech.

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The U.S. Census Bureau has released a Census brief, Households and Families: 2010, that showed interracial or interethnic opposite-sex married couple households grew by 28% over the decade from 7% in 2000 to 10% in 2010.

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Children's charity, the NSPCC, has issued a warning that many children taken into care will be returned to abusive family homes without the support needed to keep them safe from harm.

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The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has published statistics on the work of the Child Support Agency (CSA) for the quarter ending March 2012.

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A recent report from charity Action for

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Researchers at Oxford University have released the findings of a new study into the use of independent social work (ISW) assessments in Family Court proceedings.

The Family Justice Review had raised concerns that the use of ISWs may cause duplication and delay in court proceedings. The research

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A recent poll carried out by ComRes, on behalf of the Coalition for Marriage, has found that 56% of MPs polled across all parties believe that the Government's proposal to legalise same-sex marriage will be implemented, reports the ... Tags: Civil Partners Advice Lawyers Birmingham, Civil Partners Advice Birmingham, Civil Partners, Civil Ceremonies, Religious Marriage Ceremony, Same-sex Marriage

Following figures released by Cafcass showing that care applications have exceeded 10,000 over the last  twelve months for the first time, the Fostering Network is warning this will put foster care under even more pressure and is calling for urgent Government investment.

Vicki Swain, campaigns

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A report published by Ofsted has examined the many critical points that can cause delay in the adoption system, and some of the ways in which local authorities and their partners are working to overcome those barriers.

The report surveyed nine local authorities, tracking 53 adoption cases

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The Court of Appeal has ruled that the division of assets in a civil partnership 'divorce' should be treated in a similar way to those in a heterosexual divorce, reports the ... Tags: Civil Partnership Advice Lawyers Birmingham, Civil Partnership Advice Birmingham, Marital Assets, Divorce Settlement, Civil Ceremonies, Civil Partnerships

A recent study by charity Family Rights Group has found that the failure of local authorities to implement central government policy has meant that family and friends carers, who are raising some of the nation’s most vulnerable children, are being left without adequate support.

When children

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Some of Wales’ most vulnerable children and young people are unaware of their statutory right to an independent professional ‘voice’ due to a system without a clear set of checks and balances, according to the Children’s Commissioner, Keith Towler.

In a report, titled Missing Voices, the Commissioner

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A bill is currently passing through the Japanese cabinet and parliament that will move Japan closer to signing the Hague convention on international child abduction, reports the Telegraph.

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The government has launched a consultation on how to lift the ban on same-sex couples marrying in a civil ceremony.

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The Children’s Rights Director, Roger Morgan, has recently published the After Care report, which looked at views from 308 care leavers both who had recently left care and those still in care but preparing to leave.

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National charity Women’s Aid has marked International Women's Day by releasing survey results that highlight the worrying situation for women and children experiencing domestic violence, and the severe lack of, and threat to, local specialist provision.

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A recently published bulletin by the Office for National Statistics has set out provisional annual statistics on marriages that took place in England and Wales during 2010.

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Under new adoption inspection arrangements, only local authorities that ensure all children identified for adoption are placed within twelve months will be able to achieve an ‘outstanding’ judgement from Ofsted.

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