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Lawyers welcome Norgrove report into family justice

I think the needs of the child have been lost in favour of the rights of parents and this seems to recognise this in some way. The desire of parents to have equal access can mean that instead of having one home, children are moved between two so while parents have their own home the child is passed between the two with arrangements made usually to serve the parents schedule rather than the child's. At the end of the day it is not the child's fault that his/her parents cant work out their differences and salvage their relationship. There is much research now out there about the long term effects on children of broken homes and divorce and as a general rule this damages children far more than ever imagined. When you have a child their needs and rights immediately become your priority and if the 'spark' in your relationship has gone - which is too often the reason for family breakdown - that is not reason enough to inflict the devastation of divorce and all that means in terms of life chances for your children.

4-Nov-2011

10:34 am