Family justice system

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Guidance and regulation

1. Cross-border divorce after Brexit: guidance for public
   • Guidance
   • 8 August 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
2. HMCTS reform programme projects explained
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 June 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service
3. Support for separating families
   • Promotional
   • 5 February 2016
   • Ministry of Justice
4. Guardianship of Missing Persons: Code of Practice
   • Guidance
   • 28 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
5. HM Courts and Tribunals Service engagement groups
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 February 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service

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News and communications

23 July 2019 — News story

Children’s Funeral Fund for England launches today

Ministry of Justice

1. Domestic abuse survivors invited to shape future of family court
   • 18 July 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Press release
2. Bereaved parents spared children’s burial and cremation costs
   • 29 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Press release
3. 'Claudia’s law’ to lift families of missing people out of legal limbo
   • 27 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Press release
4. Family Justice Panel update
   • 21 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • News story

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Research and statistics

1. Family Court Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2019
   • 27 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • National statistics
2. Family Court Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2018
   • 28 March 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • National statistics
3. Review of the youth justice system
   • 12 December 2016
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Research
4. Use of experts in family law
   • 17 December 2015
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Research
5. Family Justice Research Bulletin 6: 17 December 2015
   • 17 December 2015
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Reform of the legal requirements for divorce
   • 9 April 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 11 December 2018
2. Amendments to Family Procedure Rules: vulnerable witnesses and children
   • 1 August 2018
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 25 September 2015
3. Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill
   • 13 June 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Policy paper
4. 2010 to 2015 government policy: family justice system
   • 8 May 2015
   • Department for Education and Ministry of Justice
   • Policy paper
5. What’s happened since the Family Justice Review: a brighter future for family justice
   • 20 August 2014
   • Department for Education and Ministry of Justice
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Cafcass annual report and accounts 2014 to 2015
   • 15 July 2015
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Corporate report
2. Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service annual report and accounts 2013 to 2014
   • 18 August 2014
   • Cafcass
   • Corporate report
3. Family Justice Board action plan
   • 24 January 2013
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Corporate report
4. Operation of the Family Courts: Government Response
   • 13 October 2011
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Ministry of Justice
2. Department for Education
3. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
4. Home Office
5. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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1. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
2. Legal Aid Agency

1. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales