Family

• Voluntary maintenance for one child should be taken into account when calculating statutory child maintenance for another (Upper Tribunal)
  In GC v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and AE (CSM) (Child support - other) [2019] UKUT 199 (AAC), the Upper Tribunal held that voluntary maintenance paid by the non-resident parent for his son from a previous relationship, who lived in Denmark, should be taken into account when calculating the statutory child maintenance liability for his second son, who lived in the UK.
• Ask Family: What are the considerations in a Children Act case where there is implacable hostility between the parents?
  We have published What are the considerations in a Children Act case where there is implacable hostility between the parents?.
• New Scots law videos on expat family cases
  We have published three new videos: Expat divorce cases: jurisdiction issues (Scotland), Expat divorce cases: competing foreign proceedings (Scotland), and Expat family cases: financial issues (Scotland).