Family law

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Family Law Act 2019 Read more

The Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2019 was presented to Dáil Éireann on 8 August 2019. An initiative backed by Minister Katherine Zappone, the Bill seeks to regulate the 'ad hoc' of guardian ad litem system as a means of ensuring that minor's going through childcare proceedings have their voices are heard in court. Read more

Our online editor caught up with family law solicitor and Bloomsbury author, Keith Walsh (@KWSolicitors), whose new book on divorce and judicial separation proceedings hit shelves on 11 July, 2019. Read more

With tomorrow’s divorce referendum just a matter of hours away, our online editor takes a look at whether Article 42A, which was inserted into the Constitution following the 2012 children’s rights referendum, has had a measurable impact on family law proceedings in this jurisdiction. Read more

On 12 December 2018, S.I. 532/2018 was signed by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan. Cited as the Domestic Violence Act (Commencement) Order 2018, this statutory instrument enacted the named legislation from 1 January 2019. Read more

Mason Hayes and Curran v Queally [2018] IEHC 614   Read more

In late April, the Law Society's non-standing Family and Child Law Committee released a report entitled Divorce in Ireland: The Case for Reform. This landmark piece of research takes stock of socio-legal developments and research in the area of divorce law in Ireland over the past 20 years, and makes 11 key. Read more