Not many people in Scotland will have heard of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC); their members don’t tend to advertise the acronym on their business card. In America, they get described as a family court cartel; a cabal. Their members include professionals who work in the family court industry; judges, lawyers, and those offering services such as contact centres, parenting education providers and expert witnesses. Delegates from well-known father’s rights groups are also in the networking association. Their members hold enormous power in family court disputes in the USA.
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Many key amendments of The Children's Bill (Scotland) will be considered at stage three of the legislative process, towards the end of the summer. Two issues which shall be discussed are the creation of a presumption of shared parenting, in law, and a change in the name of residence and contact orders. Scotland is moving towards an equal society, the presumption, on the face of it, sounds fair and reasonable.
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