NSPCC – correcting their misfacts!

Veteran Equal Parenting campaigner, Robert Whiston, has written to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in an effort to correct misfacts broadcasted on several NSPCC television ads.

Whiston argues that the NSPCC has played a destructive role in preventing greater contact between children and their fathers.

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Australian Bill pushes equal custody

Media coverage of Australian Family Law Reforms that promote EQUAL PARENTING.

These reforms are similar to those that we've been asking the UK Government to implement for years!

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Family Law Reforms - good progress in Australia

The new Australian Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 was introduced into the Australian Parliament this morning, 8 December 2005.

Edward Dabrowski, Federal Director of Shared Parenting Council of Australia when commenting on the bill said:

"Today is a really big turning point in Family law in this country. Though the reforms are not perfect in all ways and the Bill will not be enacted until February 2006, we now have a good foundation stone on which to build.”

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CAFCASS REFORMING ITSELF FOR BETTER?

EVERY DAY MATTERS - CAFCASS new approach?

Anthony Douglas, Chief Executive of CAFCASS, has outlined new directions for the organization. The major objectives are:

*to guarantee an intensive early intervention service;
*to extend dispute resolution work;
*to minimize reporting and maximise direct work with children and families.

The new plan highlights the need to triage every case, with an emphasis on shared parenting in cases where safety isn't an issue.

On the face of it, Douglas appears to be going substantially in the direction that EPC has been pushing for.

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MAKE FAMILY COURTS OPEN TO PUBLIC?

The Guardian Newspaper's Legal Editor, Clare Dyer, has reported that the “curtain of secrecy hiding what goes on in the family courts of England and Wales is to be lifted”. In order to quell 'festering' doubts over the justice system Judges may let public and media into hearings.

Mr Justice Munby, a leading advocate of greater openness in the family courts, in a recent lecture made a strong plea for more transparency, suggesting that the current restrictions may even breach the European convention on human rights and concluding: "It really is time that something was done about all this."

A move to greater openness is supported by many senior judges.

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