What About Me? Prioritising Children in Family Breakdown Proceedings
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On Wednesday 29th May 2013 Barnardos held a conference emphasising the importance of supporting children in family breakdown situations. It explored the impact of family breakdown, separation and / or divorce on their lives and the importance of involving and supporting them when their family case is heard by the court or in other mechanisms e.g. mediation or child contact centres.
Recent Submissions
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Challenges in Family Law Proceedings
(Barnardos, 2013)Paper by Mr Justice Michael White on the challanges in Irish family law in relation to children's needs and rights. -
Promoting Child-Centred Cooperative Parenting following Separation and Divorce using the Parents Plus Programmes
(Barnardos, 2013)Presentation by Parents Plus on post separation co-parenting programmes. -
Barnardos & One Family Child Contact Centre Service Masterclass
(Barnardos, 2013)Joint presentation by Barnardos and One Family on the Child Contact Centres pilot. -
SHSCT: Court Children's Service
(Barnardos, 2013)Presentation by Anne Miller, Principal Social Work Practitioner (Court Work) Manager Court Children’s Service - SHSCT. -
What about Me? Prioritising Children in Family Breakdown Proceedings
(Barnardos, 2013)Children love growing up in a stable familiar family environment so change to their family circumstances can have a huge impact on their lives. It is a very individual experience for every child, but feelings of ... -
Reforming the Family Law System for Children’s Sake (Speech)
(Barnardos, 2013)Speech by Fergus Finlay, Barnardos CEO for the conference "What About Me? Prioritising Children in Family Breakdown Proceedings". -
Vision for Reforming Family Law
(Barnardos, 2013)Children’s lives are invariably changed significantly once their parents make the decision to break up, separate and / or divorce. The extent of this impact, either positive or negative, varies with each child but often ... -
Background Paper to Presentation "Challanges in Family Law Proceedings"
(Barnardos, 2013)The Developments in Irish family law, have mirrored the substantial change in the cultural values and social mores of our society, and much more than other areas of law, changing political and sociological values have ...