Government Response to Private Family Law Early Resolution Consultation – Key Points:

– Launch of legal advice pilot to help families agree child arrangements quickly
– Improved domestic abuse screening and advanced DBS checks for mediators
– Expansion of successful conflict reduction pilot to more family courts
– Nearly 25,000 families benefited from mediation voucher scheme
– Commitment to protecting domestic abuse victims in mediation process
– Increased focus on children’s voices and wellbeing in family court proceedings
– Collaboration with Cafcass to support families with parenting programmes
– Extension of Pathfinder Court pilots to further sites for national roll-out
– Continued work with Domestic Abuse Commissioner to improve Family Court response
– Emphasis on early resolution, less adversarial approach, and child-centric focus in family justice system.

The Private Family Law Early Resolution Consultation response can be found here.

For more information on the mediation voucher scheme, visit the government’s official website here.

To learn more about the work of Cafcass, visit their website here.

For updates on the government’s efforts to support domestic abuse victims in the family court system, visit the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s website here.