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Bob Geldof accuses 'barbaric' family courts of
'kidnapping children from their fathers'
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The Family courts & Cafcass
Public confidence in the just
operation of the Family Courts has evaporated following the four year campaign
by Fathers 4 Justice exposing injustice in the handling of private law cases
parents fighting each other. Increasingly the press has taken up the challenge
and widened the debate to include public law cases parents fighting the social
services which include children taken away from their parents, and forced
adoption.
All courts of law must base their judgments on the available evidence yet
increasingly supposition, conjecture, and anecdotal evidence are masquerading as
hard fact. At the heart of the matter lie two wicked deceits, that the courts
are acting in the "child's best interests" and that open courts will "damage"
children.
Are courts acting in
the child's best interests?
Neither the courts nor the government have kept any records on the
outcomes for the hundreds of thousands of children whose futures have been
determined by court judgments. They do not even monitor whether ordered contact
is taking place. Orders are made in ignorance in a knowledge vacuum and are a
muddle of supposition, bigotry and habit in which every child effectively
becomes the subject of an experiment.
There is thus no evidence or
longitudinal research to prove that positive outcomes have resulted. In fact the
evidence suggests the opposite: there appears to be a direct correlation between
the explosion in young offending and the epidemic of fatherlessness. Further,
the adversarial nature of the courts engenders maximum parental conflict which
is emotionally destructive to children and economically devastating for
families, forcing many onto benefits. Again, there is a woeful lack of research
to demonstrate how protracted family court proceedings impact on children.
Will open courts damage
children?
There is not a shred of empirical evidence to support this claim.
Instead it is based on supposition and speculation. Are we to believe that
children in other jurisdictions, where open justice operates, are being
"damaged" (In Florida, for example, where a transparent, accountable and open
justice system operates)? Closed courts were introduced in the 60's not to
protect children's interests but to protect adults' privacy.
10th April 2010
Cafcass Cheshire and Merseyside service area
provides services to children and families in Cheshire, Cheshire East, Cheshire
West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington and
Wirral.
 Cafcass
Cheshire and Merseyside service area (PDF)
summary : INADEQUATE
10th July 2009
Cafcass Far South
West service area provides services to children
and families in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
Cafcass
Far South West service area (PDF)
summary : INADEQUATE
9 Jan 09
Cafcass Near
South West service area provides services to
children and families in Gloucestershire,
Wiltshire and Avon.
Cafcass
Near South West service area.pdf
Summary: Barely
Satisfactory
4
Aug 2008
Cafcass South Yorkshire .An
inspection of service provision by
the Children and Family Court
Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass)
to children and families in South
Yorkshire.
20 March 2009
Durham and the
Tees Valley service area provide services to
children and families in Durham, Middlesbrough,
Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Darlington, Redcar
and Cleveland.
Cafcass
Durham and the Tees Valley service area
summary : INADEQUATE
6 Feb 2009
The Birmingham
and the Black Country service area provides
services to children and families in Birmingham,
Solihull, Sandwell, Dudley, Wolverhampton and
Walsall.
Cafcass
Birmingham and the Black Country service area
(PDF)
summary : INADEQUATE
15 February 2008
The East Midlands region comprises Derbyshire,
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire,
Northamptonshire and Rutland.
Cafcass
East Midlands (PDF)
summary : INADEQUATE
22 May 2008
Cafcass South East.
An inspection of service provision by the
Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) to children and
families in the South-East.
Cafcass
South-East.pdf
summary : INADEQUATE
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John Hemmings MP »
"The Ofsted report makes
difficult reading for anyone working in child protection. It makes it clear that
the lack of accountability over many years has allowed a culture of complacency
to develop where there is little objectivity in practise
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