⇒ The Children Act is founded on principles that:
⇒ 'Every Family Matters' (2009) proposed 2 reforms to protect children when their parents break up:
⇒ The government thinks it is important for every child to continue having a meaningful relationship with both of their parents (section 11 Children and Families Act 2014)
⇒ This says that the presumption must be, unless the contrary is shown, that both parents' involvement will improve the child’s welfare
⇒ This removed public funding for most family law proceedings (with a few exceptions e.g. domestic violence)
⇒ Increased the number of Litigants in Person (individuals who have to go to court without legal representation)
⇒ Increased number who sought mediation - people felt coerced to seek alternate disupute resolution
⇒ The starting point is the welfare principle (section 1 Children Act): the welfare of the child is the court’s paramount consideration
⇒ Residence and Contact Orders are now gone. They have been replaced by Child Arrangement Orders (section 12 Children and Families Act 2014)
⇒ Specific Issue Order e.g. when the parents can't decided what school to send the child to, the court can make a specific issue order to decide for them
⇒ Prohibited Steps Order e.g. injunctive order prohibiting child from doing something
⇒ This is now repealed and covered by Child Arrangement Orders (i.e. one of the section 8 orders in the Children and Families Act 2014)
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