News about what Shared Parenting Scotland is doing and other significant developments.
Beyond level 0: restarting group meetings across Scotland
Now that restrictions have eased and groups of people are allowed to meet indoors, Shared Parenting Scotland is planning to restart our face-to-face support group meetings from the start of September. The first of these group meetings will be at 10 Pal…
Failure to obey a contact court order found as contempt
A mother has been found in contempt of court because she deliberately and wilfully refused to obey a court order for the father to have direct contact with their eight-year-old child. Sheriff Welsh found her in contempt following a three-day proof hea…
Judgment favours shared care rather than relocation
In a recent Court of Session judgment by Lord Arthurson, a mother’s application to allow a move to the south of England with her three children was rejected. The judge considered that it was in the best interests of these children aged between 5 and 9…
Amicable splits automated in Australia
https://www.sharedparenting.scot/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/LSCS0025_Parenting_Video.mp4 This online service created by Australia’s legal aid commission provides online help for separating couples to sort out finance and parenting issues. It enables t…
Consultation on Child Welfare Reporting
Shared Parenting Scotland has made a wide ranging response to the Scottish Government consultation on registers of child welfare reporters, curators ad litem and solicitors. When separated parents cannot agree arrangements for spending time with their…