Yes, it seemed very high to me too. From my own ex...

2009-11-10T06:49:19.107Z

Yes, it seemed very high to me too. From my own experience I would say that the figure was between 10 and 20 percent, at least for divorcing couples.

I don't have a link to the research, but hope to have more information on this shortly.

The dispute over the number of separating parents ...

2009-11-09T20:52:25.607Z

The dispute over the number of separating parents who go to court over custody and contact is a long one.

The government has always (since 2002 or thereabouts) quoted a figure of only 10%. This is certainly too low, and comes from a study which measured something else entirely.

Margaret Hodge put the figure at 40% (in a private letter), but was misinterpreting the same research (!).

F4J quoted a figure of between 30% and 40%, which was arrived at quite laboriously. Part of the trouble is that you cannot count separating parents in the same way you can count divorcing parents.

So I am surprised by this figure from Mishcon de Reya of more than half. It seems very high and I'd be interested to see their working; have you a link?

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