News about what Shared Parenting Scotland is doing and other significant developments.
Why Courts At All?
British family sociologist, Jacqueline Burgoyne, famously asked, “Why Courts At All?,” in her 1987 co-authored book on the role of the courts and other social institutions in family separation. Although there is clearly a role for both family and…
Learning From Abroad
During her internship with us this summer, Natalia Rucka has been researching a report on international developments that aid in resolving family disputes outside of court and how these may benefit the Scottish family law system. In a talk on 24th Augu…
Smashing Day at Dundee Kiltwalk
Our walkers at last Sunday’s Dundee Kiltwalk raised over £2,000 for Shared Parenting Scotland and had a great day in the sun into the bargain. 60 individuals donated in support of Miranda and her father, Louis, Mike Birkett and his family, and Shared P…
Parental Alienation Guide
Billed as a “Definitive Guide for Parents, Professionals, Practitioners and Policymakers”, this new book from Professor Ben Hine is a good start for all these categories of people. He explains his intentions further on the opening page, saying that “Th…
It’s Not About Us
Darlene Taylor has written a co-parenting survival guide based on her own experience. She wrote it because she wanted a story that “… centred the parenting commitment and created a new bond between the parents based on respect and compassion” rather…