{"id":1171,"date":"2021-06-28T10:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T09:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unit.law\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2021-06-28T10:36:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T09:36:31","slug":"modern-families-the-future-of-the-family-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit.law\/modern-families-the-future-of-the-family-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Families: The future of the family unit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Families don’t look like they did 50 years ago. Divorced parents, single-parent families, same sex parents, grandparents as parents all help form today’s collage of a modern family. The statistics produced annually by the ONS give a snapshot of the trends in families in the the UK\u00a0 – fewer couples are marrying, an increasing number of children are being born outside of marriage and there is an increase in divorce.<\/p>\n
It is now more common than ever for there to be modern family make-ups. Unfortunately, the current law means that some parents might have to take some additional steps to make sure that their family has everything they need, and creating their families require a little bit of help.<\/p>\n
It is no surprise that the family courts are increasingly engaging with modern family set-ups, in fact not only engaging with but sometimes creating them. Whether that be from single parent families to the blended family unit, it is apprent that the nuclear family does not dominate like it used to. We are living with change as we move with the times to embrace the evolving modern family structure that takes on all different shapes and sizes. And that is all very exciting! With the excitement comes challenge. The new family units, formed through alternative arrangements such as sperm donation, surrogacy or co-parenting bring different issues to light in respect of family law.<\/p>\n