Family Court Practice 2005

Family Court Practice is the acknowledged authority on practice and procedure in family courts and is relied upon every day by the judiciary, barristers, solicitors and justices' clerks. Covering the entire range of family business in every level of court, in just one volume it contains fully and expertly annotated statutes and rules together with scores of unique step-by-step procedural guides, which direct the user effortlessly to the relevant rules and annotation. Family Court Practice 2005 now includes: Substantial updating of case-law under the Children Act 1989 and the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 to reflect all recent developments Full incorporation of Adoption and Children Act 2002, s 111 (acquisition of parental responsibility by unmarried father) and the Adoption (Amendment) Rules 2003 Examination of the potential impact of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Pt VII (provisions dealing with money laundering) Enhanced coverage of pension sharing issues Text of Crime and Disorder Act 1998, ss 1, 1B (anti-social behaviour orders) Comprehensive commentary and step-by-step guides reflecting the introduction of the Protocol for Judicial Case Management in Public Law Children Act Cases Statement of Good Practice issued by the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on the appointment of solicitors for children in specified proceedings Important President's Guidance governing intercountry adoption REVIEWS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS "for day-to-day use in the courts the red-bound Family Court Practice is unrivalled" Butterworths Litigation Journal "Brilliant. Buy it!" Solicitors Journal "I cannot now imagine being without it" ew Law JournalCleary, Anthony is the author of 'Family Court Practice 2005 ', published 0011 under ISBN 9780853089803 and ISBN 0853089809.