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ECHR Gives Decision in Challenging Paternity Case

The European Court of Human Rights has recently given its ruling in an interesting case concerning a man’s right to contest the paternity of a child. 

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Study Finds Link Between Divorce and Genetics

A recent study has attempted to answer the question of why divorce is often seen to run in families. 

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Family Statistics Should Take Better Account of Fathers

A new report has called on the Government to review how publicly-funded bodies collect data on families. It says that they currently risk failing millions of children because they typically gather such weak information about fathers

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Findings of Adoption Enquiry Published

The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) has recently published the results of a UK-wide enquiry into adoption

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Common-Law Marriage “Myth” Puts Co-habiting Couples at Risk

Cohabitation is the fastest growing family type in the UK, with the number of unmarried couples living together more doubling from 1.5m in 1996 to 3.3m in 2017. 

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