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Keeping Children and Parents in Contact since 1974
Abbreviations
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ADR |
Alternate Dispute Resolution |
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AFCWO |
Association of Family Court Welfare Officers |
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AR |
Ancillary Relief |
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BAAF |
British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering |
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CA 1989 |
Children Act 1989 |
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CAFCASS |
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service |
| CCR 1981 | County Court Rules 1981 |
| CFR |
Children and Family Reporter (CAFCASS Officer) |
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CJ |
Circuit Judge |
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CPR 1998 |
Civil Procedure Rules 1998 |
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CSA |
Child Support Agency |
| CSA 1992 |
Child Support Act 1992 |
| CWO |
Court Welfare Officer (replaced by CFR) |
| CWS | Court Welfare Service (replaced by CAFCASS) |
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DCA |
Department of Constitutional Affairs |
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DH |
Directions Hearing |
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DJ |
District Judge |
| DWP |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| ECHR | European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 1950 |
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FAR |
Financial Ancillary Relief |
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FCWO |
Family Court Welfare Officer (replaced by CFR) |
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FDR |
Financial Dispute Resolution |
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FLA 1986 |
Family Law Act 1986 |
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FLA 1996 |
Family Law Act 1996 |
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FLBA |
Family Law Bar Association |
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FLR |
Family Law Reports (publication by Jordan Publishing) |
| FMH |
Former Matrimonial Home |
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FNF |
Families Need Fathers |
| FPR 1991 | Family Proceedings Rules 1991 |
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FPC |
Family Proceedings Court |
| FPSC | Family Policy Studies Centre |
| Hague Conv | Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 |
| HFEA 1990 | Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 |
| HRA 1998 | Human Rights Act 1998 |
| IRCHIN | Independent Representation of Children in Need |
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JRF |
Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
| LCD | Lord Chancellor's Department (changed to DCA 12 June 2003) |
| LIP | Litigant in Person |
| LSC | Legal Services Commission |
| MCA 1973 | Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 |
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NACCC |
National Association of Child Contact Centres |
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NACSA |
National Association for Child Support Action |
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NAPO |
National Association of Probation Officers |
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NFM |
National Family Mediation |
| NRP | Non-Resident' Parent |
| NYAS | National Youth Advisory Service |
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PA |
Parental Alienation |
| PAS |
Parental Alienation Syndrome |
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PR |
Parental Responsibility |
| PRA | Parental Responsibility Agreement |
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PRO |
Parental Responsibility Order |
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PRFD |
Principal Registry, Family Division |
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PRR |
Parental Rights and Responsibilities (Scottish equivalent of PR) |
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RCJ |
Royal Courts of Justice |
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RP |
Resident' Parent |
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SFLA |
Solicitors Family Law Association (changed to Resolution in 2005) |
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SR |
Shared Residence |
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SRO |
Shared Residence Order |
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SS |
Social Services |
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UNCRC |
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 |