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The present system of applying the Children's Act 1989 is NOT what parliament wanted and is manifestly not in the interests of the children involved.

These changes are required:

All Orders are published (names witheld) so individual judges can be held to account for anomalous decisions.

All orders should be appeallable - I was told by two Lord Justices of Appeal that it was not possible to appeal an Order.

No 'leave to Remove' should be heard except in front of THREE County Coutrlevel judges with at least 5 years experience in Family Law matters.
Children (all ages) should be interviewed directly by the judge himself and their views regarded as all but decisive.

A review of the Order should be mandatory 6 months afterwards and again at regular intervals.
Children who were the subject of orders over the last 15 yeras should be contacted to determine if the Orders made were satisfactory.

The Australian system of a MANDATORY 50:50 split in contact time should be introduced UNLESS the parties agree otehrwise or their are child protection issues.

Anyone making false allegations (eg of abuse) should be prosectuted for attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Fathers should have a minimum contact time of 28% with their children and the concept of 'resident and non-resident' parent should go - both are equal and the time between them is divided as the children want.

Anyone unilaterally stopping contact should immediately be liable for ALL court costs and should immediately lose all CSA etc payments.
Breaches of Contact Orders should be regarded as offences for which jailing is normal - punishing mothers IS correct as it stops them treating the law with utter contempt.

Costs to any parent to be capped at 1x annual salary of the parent any excess to be met by the taxpayer BUT only when the children express dissatisfaction with the current Order - with an on-going mandatory 6 month review.

Court Orders to make contact with the extended family included at specified minimum levels - as the ECoHR makes palin - the current realityis that this is ignored by the courts - my family have no contact with my hildren now they are in Australia.

Any judge who makes a judgment which is, on examination by his/her peers, found to be at odds with the bulk of the evidence should be summararily dismissed with loss of all pension rights.

All Orders should be published and court reporters allowed in (subject to names being witheld)
The police shouuld be called in to investigate any perjury that becomes apparent during proceedings.

The cost in my case of trying to have two young girls remain in the UK and live with their father (as they wished, and told everyone involved, including writing 4 letters to the Judge) was £300,000.

I'm a teacher and it's destroyed our family, our children, and me too. Why is that level of cost allowed?