Justice 1 Committee takes further evidence at Stage 1 of the Family Law Bill, 01/06/05 [S]
The Committee took evidence from a parent, Alan Finlayson OBE, Child Law Consultant (who has been commissioned to write the Parenting Agreement for Scotland) and the Deputy Minister for Justice, Hugh Henry.
Key issues discussed include:
- quality and access to mediation
- the Australian example of Family Relationship Centres as 'one stop shops'
- contact following divorce and separation and how this affects wider family contact
- the progress of the Parenting Agreement for Scotland and whether there is any merit in referring to the document in statue
- enforcing contact arrangements
The full transcript of the meeting can be read in the Justice 1 Committee Official Report 1/06/05.
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