Comments on Family Lore: GOVERNMENT URGED TO ACT ON FAILINGS OF CHILDREN AC...

So chanel two emotionally dammaged People into an ...

2009-11-19T20:53:29.453Z

So chanel two emotionally dammaged People into an adversarial process and they fight and those around them are hurt in the process (whilst two noble legal adversaries lock antlers and make a few quid on the side)
Mmmmm! Sounds like someone justifying there existence by pointing out the patently obvious.

Contact orders are unenforceable, I have tried. Ju...

2009-11-16T22:08:28.519Z

Contact orders are unenforceable, I have tried. Judges are poor and just shout and puff but don't really care about anything other than their own egos.

Haven’t we been here before? "The court process i...

2009-11-16T13:19:40.287Z

Haven’t we been here before?

"The court process is stressful for both parents and children, it is expensive for those who are not publicly funded; it is slow and adversarial. It tends to entrench parental attitudes rather than encouraging them to change. It is ill adapted to dealing with the difficult human dilemmas involved, notably when it comes to the enforcement of its orders."

‘Making Contact Work,’ Children Act Sub-Committee of the Advisory Board on Family Law, February 2002.

“The function of ParentShare (which replaces the contact/residence dichotomy) will be backed-up by therapeutic services to assist families in transition or conflict. Family Rehabilitation works on the ‘best interests = two parents’ principle, providing services of increasing degrees of support and intervention to assist in the establishing of ParentShare arrangements, and helping the family evolve these arrangements over time as the needs of the children and parents change.

“Under our proposals, Contact Centres will be replaced by ‘Family Centres’.”

‘A Blueprint for Family Law in the 21st Century’, Fathers 4 Justice, 2003