Scottish Family Law Review
Each heading leads to a separate page which presents FNFS views on that aspect of the Consultation. We will also include a note of camments made at FNFS meetings and from our clients in each section. The material presented in this site will form the FNFS submission to the consultation
NOTE: this section is still under construction, so please keep coming back to see further comments.
Please email us with your comments and suggestions.
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Overview of FNFS Aims
A summary of the changes that we are seeking.
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Part 2: Obtaining the views of the child
At what age can children's views be obtained, how are they best heard in court, how should court decisions be explained to children, child welfare reporter training ond oversight
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Part 3: Commission and diligence
Should the child's views and certain information about the child be kept confidential
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Part 4: Contact
Regulation of child contact centres, continued relatinships and contact with grandparents, other family members, siblings and other people important in the child's life, enforvement of conntact orders
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Part 5: Cross Border Cases: Jurisdiction
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Part 6: Parentage
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Part 7: Parental Responsibilities and Rights
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Part 8: Child Abduction by parents
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Part 9: Domestic Abuse
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Part 10: Court Procedure
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Part 11: Alternatives to Court
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Part 12: Birth Registration
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Part 13: Children's Hearings
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Part 14: Domicile of persons under 16