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A court ordered Kevin Costner to pay interim child maintenance of $129,000 per month

An appeal has been made by a Government junior minister for trained male mediators to apply for roles with a body intended to help families split through divorce or separation. Arianna Hodgson told the Senate yesterday that five women with suitable q...

A new and friendlier look is coming for the island’s family courts, court registrar Alexandra Domingues told a judicial seminar on Friday. Ms Domingues said that the family courts at present were all too often “a very uncomfortable space to be”. “The...

Dozens of people took part in training to help develop the island’s system of independent court advocates for children, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said last week. Tinee Furbert added that there was an “overwhelming response” to a ...

A law designed to help children in care could be tabled in the House of Assembly this month, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said. Tinée Furbert said that the legislation was in its final stages of preparation. She added that a replace...

A children’s rights campaigner yesterday welcomed a recruitment drive for litigation guardians for children and young people who appear in court. Tiffanne Thomas, a social worker who worked as a litigation guardian in a string of cases from 2014, sai...

The Government has stonewalled questions about why a senior social worker who admitted pushing a child in her care was allowed to remain at work while the incident was investigated – despite a policy that required her to be put on leave. Kennette Rob...

A request for proposal to create a new home for the Supreme Court as well as a family court has been issued by the Government. The RFP asked for companies interested in the renovation of the third to sixth floors of the Dame Lois Brown-Evans building...

A judge launched a blistering attack on Government’s refusal to pay a social worker appointed to look out for the best interests of children in care, The Royal Gazette can reveal. Puisne Judge Nicole Stoneham told a hearing: “The welfare of children...

Additional court services are will come online next week as the courts continue to reopen in phases. Alexandra Wheatley, the Supreme Court Registry, said in a notice the Supreme Court Registry on the third floor of the Dame Lois Browne-Evans building...

An Opposition MP has accused the Government of a rush to table a Bill in Parliament that “seeks to reduce the level of support for Bermudian children in the court system”. Scott Pearman, the shadow legal affairs minister, criticised the Progressive L...

A social worker is to sue the Government for more than $2.6 million over a failure to pay for her work as an independent advocate for children in court. Lawyers for Tiffanne Thomas have filed a civil action against the Attorney-General and Accountant...