Indirect Contact - Article in Family Law by FNF and barrister, Sarah Phillimore - May 2019
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- Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 12:11
Indirect contact: on what basis do such orders promote the welfare of children?
Families Need Fathers
Sarah Phillimore, St John's Chambers Bristol
Article first published in the May 2019 issue of Family Law journal and reproduced here with acknowledgement and thanks.
Indirect contact: on what basis do such orders promote the welfare of children?
This article examines the evidential basis supporting orders for indirect contact to provide a mechanism whereby direct contact may at some point resume. The authors are concerned that this ‘wait and see’ strategy at best achieves nothing and at worst is actively harmful. They call for better research about the impact of indirect contact in cases of entrenched opposition, and greater willingness to consider psychological intervention at earlier stages.
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