Travelling Abroad with Children Post-Seperation With the school holidays fast approaching in Scotland, there are several factors that separated parents must consider before taking their child or children abroad on holiday. Typically, both parents will have parental responsibilities and legal rights over their child. Where this is the case, either parent must consider the other…
Children in Scotland cannot be disinherited by their parents. Children of the deceased have always had a basic level of protection from the law, for moral and social reasons. This means that even if a child is not named as a beneficiary in a parent’s will, they still have a right to the estate, which…
Family lawyers have significant experience providing clients with counsel regarding the ‘Hague Convention’ (The Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction). However, in recent years, our clientele has become more frequently concerned with the ramifications of children being abducted from non-signatory countries to Scotland and returning to Scotland. Occasionally, these cases may entail…
