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Research study supports overnight shared care for children under four
DR Richard WarshakA comprehensive review of research conducted by Richard Warshak stresses the importance of young children staying overnight with both of their parents after separation, contradicting...
View ArticleEmail newsletter resumed
Apologies for the long gap in sending email newsletters. It's not that we haven't been active, but there was a fault in the workings of the email, and then a move of office, and then, and then ... We...
View ArticleFamily courts could be more inquisitorial
FNF Scotland has submitted a response to the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee, commenting on the Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill. It expresses the hope that this implementation of some of the key...
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Will England and Wales shared parenting law influence Scottish courts?
The newly enacted Children and Families Act has no direct impact on Scottish family law, but even in its severely watered down final form it adds to the pressure for an updating of the Children...
View ArticleEqual Rights for Unmarried Fathers
The public petitions committee of the Scottish Parliament has discussed a petition lodged by Ron Park calling for Equal Rights for Unmarried Fathers. Ron explains the background of his petition that...
View ArticleEqual Opportunities Committee publishes report on fathers and parenting
Families Need Fathers Scotland welcomes the Equal Opportunities Committee report on Fathers and Parenting in Scotland. The report may in time be recognised as a notable milestone in challenging some of...
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Shared Parenting international conference
Researchers, family lawyers and organisations promoting shared parenting from all over the world will be attending a conference in Bonn from 9th - 11th July 2014 to discuss research findings on shared...
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New insight on unmarried fathers
"At every turn an unmarried man who seeks to be a father, not just a daddy, is rebuffed by a system that pushes him aside with one hand while reaching into his pocket with the other." A new study by...
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Tough Mudder on Father's Day for FNF Scotland
FNF member Alistair Collie is taking on a tough challenge on Father's Day this year in order to raise funds to support our work. He has entered the Scottish Tough Mudder, a gruelling assault course in...
View ArticleSummer holiday insurance
Summer holidays are approaching and for many non resident parents who have holiday contact this is their big break with their kids of the year. The text below has been press released by ASDA Money who...
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Father's Day Reflections
Whether or not you intend to celebrate it, it's hard to avoid Father's Day, with reminders in every supermarket and newsagent. It can be a particularly difficult time of year for parents that are...
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Shared parenting for under fives criticised by Penelope Leach
The Independent on Sunday celebrates Father's Day by featuring claims by childcare expert Penelope Leach that "... as a general rule, children aged four and under should not be separated from their...
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Tough Mudder raises £250 so far for FNF Scotland
Congratulations to Alistair Collie for taking part in the Scottish Tough Mudder event on Father's Day. He has raised £250 for Families Need Fathers Scotland so far to help us to cope with the...
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Warshak responds to Penelope Leach on overnights with dad
Dr Richard WarshakPenelope Leach in her book 'Family Breakdown', published last week but trailed in advance in several newspapers, warned that children under 4 could be psychologically damaged by...
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"Family Breakdown" - the book review
After all the pre-publication sound and fury about Penelope Leach's new publication "Family Breakdown", I have now had a chance to read the book itself. The initial concerns on her statement about no...
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Courts getting tougher on enforcing contact?
One of the most common questions to FNF Scotland is: "What happens when a contact order has repeatedly been broken?" One recent case received press coverage because the mother had been a contestant on...
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The charges are coming
Although child maintenance applications have been made under the new child support scheme (CS3) since last year, a major change to the system has been waiting in the wings for some time.Charges for the...
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Judge calls for an end to "Catherine Tate" approach to post separation parenting
English Appeal Court Judge Lord Justice McFarlane has called for an end to the “Catherine Tate approach to post‐separation parenting”. In a key speech to the Association of Lawyers for Children in...
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MSPs briefed on how schools can involve non-resident fathers
A briefing on the involvement of non-resident parents in their children's education has been circulated to all MSPs, and also publicised in the Sunday Post. Produced in partnership with Children In...
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Scottish child contact and residence laws should be reviewed
In our response to Ron Park's petition on the rights of unmarried fathers to the Scottish Parliament Public Petitions Committee, Families Need Fathers Scotland suggests the child contact and residence...
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