We are delighted that our wonderful patron, Erin Pizzey, has been made a CBE in the New Year Honours list. Whilst Erin mentions she was "flabbergasted" to be included
https://www.irishnews.com/news/uk/domestic-violence-activist-erin-pizzey-flabbergasted-to-be-made-a-cbe-6TXLG6DKSRI35KHHZAOHZNVZ2Q/ - we all know it is richly deserved. We send our very warm congratulations to Erin.
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We are the leading non-gendered, national charity campaigning for shared care. We are a charity dedicated to helping separated or divorced parents (and their wider families) continue to provide the love, care, and support that their children need – no matter how their parents may feel about each other.
We believe an assumption of shared care between parents would be by far the best starting point to benefit of the children.
We believe that the family Courts are failing our children with their long delays, obstruction of safe parenting opportunities for both parents and lack of support for mediated settlements of child arrangements.
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A warm salute to the brilliant editor of our then journal, Richard Gregory, who provided this idea.
We are staggered ( and angry) to see the published judgement of Lord Justice Mostyn. Full details, against which this rant should be checked here.
The father was accused of sexually abusing a toddler. He applied for direct contact.
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Big thumbs up to the judge that wrote this judgament. Something to smile for.
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/164.html
Letter from a Judge to the children involved
RECORDER JOHN MCKENDRICK QC
CENTRAL FAMILY COURT
LONDON
30 August 2022
Dear [A] and [B],
My name is John and I am a judge. I met your Mum and Dad at court in London last week. Your mum and dad have asked me to make decisions for you both about where you should live.
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At Families Need Fathers we have supported mums, dads and grandparents for nearly 50 years to maintain relationships with their children; their daughters and sons.
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Those people who bear grudges may think that not to do so is to ‘let off’ the person who they feel wronged them. Instead, bearing grudges belittles the lives of the person who does it. Better to move on and build positive experiences, if you can, after being robbed of plenty of years of seeing your children grow.
This case concerns a brief marriage (and a bitter divorce), which 15 years ago produced a son whose father made attempts to stay involved with.
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