‘Lottery’ on contact PDF Print E-mail
January 2009
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Family lawyers group Resolution is warning of a “post-code lottery” on child contact, following new powers for courts to order contact activities. Under s 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2006, judges can order parents to attend mediation, workshops or abuse prevention programmes but there is a “disturbing lack of clarity” about what is available.

 
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