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This topic provides an overview of how the family court operates in private law children proceedings. It focuses on procedural structure, decision-making principles, and how different stages of a case fit together.

Content here is designed to support litigants in person by explaining how the court approaches case management, evidence, safeguarding, and welfare-based decisions.

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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.

Cafcass, Domestic Abuse Allegations and Fact-Finding: Lessons from Re D

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The Court of Appeal’s decision in D (Change of Circumstances: Domestic Abuse Allegations) [2026] EWCA Civ 969 explains that Cafcass can assess safeguarding risks but cannot treat disputed allegations as established facts. The judgment highlights when fact-finding may need reconsideration, the importance of the welfare checklist and practical issues for litigants in person responding to section 7 reports.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Clare’s Law: Does Domestic Abuse Disclosure Keep Women Safe? | JSH Law

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Clare’s Law can provide vital information about a partner’s history of domestic abuse — but disclosure is not the same as protection. As University of Leeds researchers examine how the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme works in practice, JSH Law looks at information-sharing, coercive control, safeguarding and what happens after a disclosure is made.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

AI Agents in Family Court: How Much Control Are You Giving Them?

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Not every AI tool is equally agentic. Some simply answer questions; others can read documents, use tools, interact with applications and carry out multi-step workflows. For litigants in person, understanding that spectrum matters because the more an AI system can do, the more carefully its access, permissions and supervision need to be managed.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

AI Agents & Family Court: A Guide for Litigants in Person

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AI agents go beyond answering questions: they can potentially work through documents, organise evidence, build chronologies and complete multi-step tasks. For litigants in person, that could be genuinely transformative — but only if AI is directed carefully, evidence is verified and human judgement remains firmly in control.
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.

Putting Children First in Family Law | JSH Law

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“Putting children first” is easy to say. This article examines what it should require from parents, lawyers, Cafcass and the Family Court—while making clear that reducing conflict must never mean overlooking domestic abuse or safeguarding risk.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Neurodivergent Children and the Family Court | JSH Law

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Neurodivergence is not a difficult-behaviour label and it is not a welfare analysis. This article explains why the Family Court must understand the individual child’s communication, sensory, routine and regulation needs before deciding arrangements.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Stolen Babies: Britain’s Forced Adoption Scandal

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BBC documentary Stolen Babies exposes how unmarried mothers were shamed, controlled and separated from their babies through a system supported by the state and public institutions. Britain has finally apologised—but has family justice fully learned what happens when professional certainty, class prejudice and institutional power overwhelm individual evidence?
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Justice System “National Emergency”: What the Crisis Means for Domestic Abuse Survivors and Family Court Users

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The Victims’ Commissioner has warned that pressures across the criminal justice system have the “hallmarks of a national emergency”. JSH Law examines what systemic delay, fragmented information and overstretched services can mean for domestic abuse survivors, children and litigants in person navigating the Family Court.