The two never met after the family break-up, although Pavel later wrote to Maria requesting a meeting with his son.

But he implies that the answer to family break-up and child neglect is to shore up male wages and restore the "traditional" family.

Sociologist Andrew Holden has claimed that fear of family break-up or loss causes people who might otherwise freely leave the religion to remain members.

It could also act as a driver for family break-up.

They aim to improve family relationships and parenting skills in order to reduce the possibility of family break-up.

Some grandparents were acquired through adoption, or through remarriage following family break-up.

A survey by the corporation showed that homelessness was increasing because of unemployment, mortgage default and family break-up.

Lawyers said the study showed that the court system itself was making family break-up more acrimonious with children used as "pawns".

Child abuse, wife battering, family break-up, delinquency and alcoholism are no respecters of beautiful surroundings.

The extent of family break-up means that divorced women must work to support themselves and their children (90 per cent of lone parents are women).