Welcome to another week.
The Nuffield Foundation has just published its research looking at the impact on parties of having to choose grounds for divorce before being able to process a divorce application.
Their report, which was produced by Professor Liz Trinder, Caroline Bryson, Susan Purdon, Penny Mansfield and Lester Coleman, suggests that the current divorce process encourages dishonesty, causes unnecessary pain and suffering for children and their families and ultimately undermines the aims of the family justice system. The research calls on the government to implement no fault divorce, which is broadly favoured by family lawyers and legal groups such as Resolution.
Amongst some of the report’s findings, is that being forced to choose a ground for divorce leads to parties having to exaggerate claims about bad behaviour or adultery. This, the Nuffield Foundation suggests, invites partners to lie and sets the tone for more dishonesty throughout the process. The report’s researchers go on to call for a complete rehaul of the divorce process.
Our question this is week then, is just this: what else inside the system do you think encourages dishonesty, not just between parents but family professionals too?
You can read the report in full here.
The Commons Library also has a Briefing Paper on No Fault Divorce.
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I agree with no fault divorce but splitting assets in half sounds a lttle harsh on the party that brought the most in the way of assets before the marriage .I reckon only assets acquired after the marriage should be split and if a company is involved then the number of shares should be split with no obligation to sell or dissolve the company to pay off an estimated value. thus putting people out of work.
There are too many tales of celebrities having to part with vast sums of money mostly acquired before any marriage.
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John Hemming MP told me ages ago that it’s POLICY. I know of a teenager who saw the bank statements with kickbacks the foster carer received.
I.e. bribes and perks seem to be able to corrupt anybody any time, especially in the ‘child removal business’!
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Reblogged this on World4Justice : NOW! Lobby Forum..
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Lowered standards lead to dishonesty which when blindly rubber-stamped produces tainted, factually incorrect judgments.
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Reblogged this on Musings of a Penpusher and commented:
Truth? Objectivity goes out the door when emotions cloud the subject under discussion. In the blame game, the days of ‘milk and roses’ are forgotten – yet there was a time when the words of the other party were sweeter than wine. There’s much to be said for ‘chewing the matter over’.
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