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Some children’s parents don’t live together. Their parents might need help deciding who their children willlive with or when they will spend time with each parent. If parents can’t agree, they might go to a place called the family court. Here a person called a “judge” makes decisions that are best for the child. The judge has to follow the law.
The most important piece of law for the family court when making decisions about children is called the Children Act 1989. This law helps keep children safe, listened to, and cared for. It says that adults must always do what’s best for the child.
This report looked at a part of this law called the “presumption of parental involvement.” This tells the court that most of the time it’s good for children to spend time with each of their parents – but only if this is safe and the best thing for the child. This report wanted to see how thefamily court was using this part of the law.
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