With fault-free divorce set to come in from 6 April, its time to radically reform the system for separating families, with better support for children and parents, writes Lauren Evans, senior associate, Kingsley Napley, in this week’s NLJ
The multi-disciplinary Family Solutions Group (FSG), comprising judges lawyers and other family professionals set the ball rolling last month with the launch of a report and recommendations at a conference in the Capital. Evans explains how early intervention and more tailored support could make a huge difference to the families and thousands of children dragged down an adversarial and often acrimonious route.
Evans asserts it’s time we listened to children. The FSG conference heard testimony from children including Child X, whose ‘mum and dad spend so much time hating each other they don’t have a lot of time to love me’.
