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ICFA Has Been Replaced: What Cafcass Enabling Family Time Means for Contact and Your Family Court Case

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Cafcass has replaced ICFA with Enabling Family Time, a shorter child-focused service for rebuilding or maintaining important relationships during private Family Court proceedings. This practical guide explains referrals, sessions, safeguarding, session notes, what Cafcass reports to court and how parents can prepare.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When a 15-Year-Old Refuses Contact: Why the Family Court Discharged the Child Arrangements Order

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What happens when a Child Arrangements Order intended to preserve a relationship begins damaging it? In [2026] EWFC 277 (B), the Family Court discharged an order concerning a 15-year-old who had refused contact with his father for around nine months.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

My Child Is Living Under a Special Guardianship Order and I Want Them Back: What Can I Actually Do?

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A Special Guardianship Order is a serious long-term order, but it is not adoption and it is not necessarily the end of a birth parent's relationship with their child. This practical guide explains contact, discharge, significant change in circumstances, disputed expert evidence and how to turn understandable anger into evidence the Family Court can act upon.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When a Child Says “No Contact”

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A child saying they do not want contact with a parent is important evidence — but it does not always answer the welfare question. This article examines PD12J, domestic abuse, indirect contact, Cafcass, wishes and feelings, contact breakdown and why understanding how a child reached their position can be just as important as recording the position itself.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Shocking, But Not Surprising: What the Latest Family Court Figures Reveal About Parents Going It Alone

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Cafcass recorded 42,172 new private law children’s cases involving 63,879 children between April 2025 and March 2026. At the same time, the Law Society reports that in 47% of private family law cases in 2025, both parties appeared without lawyers. This article explores what those figures mean for parents representing themselves in child arrangements proceedings — and why practical, court-ready support matters.