Record and retain all contacts relating to family court proceedings
Any meetings (wherever they happen), emails, phone calls and court hearings involving the parties to Family Court proceedings and court staff, judges or officers of the court such as CAFCASS staff or other professionals who are required to give expert evidence, should be recorded and retained.
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Record and retain all contacts relating to family court proceedings
Any meetings (wherever they happen), emails, phone calls and court hearings involving the parties to Family Court proceedings and court staff, judges or officers of the court such as CAFCASS staff or other professionals who are required to give expert evidence, should be recorded and retained.
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Review timing of child contact centre referrals at family court
Review the need for early intervention through contact centres at the point when court applications are made. We think this could help ensure children maintain relationships with both parents while legal processes are ongoing.
Make Letterbox Contact a Legal Requirement for safe Birth Parents
We call for the reform of adoption laws to make letterbox contact a legal right for safe birth parents. This can bring reassurance & healing; for children, it can preserve identity, belonging & wellbeing. Some birth parents are allowed one letter a year, which, at present, is not legally enforceable
Ban unsupervised child contact during criminal investigations
Make it mandatory for all unsupervised child contact to be paused while an investigation into allegations of abuse, violence or coercive control by a parent is ongoing. If the police or CPS decide to take no further action, a Family Court Finding of Fact Hearing should automatically follow.
Require family court to refer findings of abuse & coercive control to the police
When the family court makes findings of Emotional Abuse (EA) and/or Coercive Control (CC), but the findings not accepted by perpetrators, these cases should be automatically referred to the police for further investigation. This should not be incumbent upon the victims/survivors.