New guidance on essentials of Parental Alienation
A new publication by Nick Child provides a very useful guide to Parental Alienation. As he points out at the start: "There is no room for humour in the tribal warfare of high conflict family...
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New English domestic violence guidelines
New guidance on handling cases of domestic abuse was published by the English Crown Prosecution Service at the end of 2014, following extensive consultation. FNF Scotland welcomes the fact that this...
View ArticleResearch shows importance of fathers (for mice)
Although you might not get away with citing this as evidence in the family court, a recent animal study has shown how the lack of a father affects social attributes. New findings from the Research...
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New guide to getting school information
Non-resident parents often encounter unnecessary obstacles to obtaining information about their children's education, in situations when they are perfectly entitled to obtain school reports, attend...
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Stop using the term "absent parent"
Describing the parents who live apart from their children as "absent parents" is both inacccurate and insulting to all those parents who do their best for their children, including paying child support...
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Alarming costs and delays in some court contact actions
A survey was issued in December to a sample of 300 of the people who made enquiries to FNFS in 2014 to gather experiences for our student intern project on party litigants. An interim report has...
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SLAB expects parents to seek agreement
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has published the text of a letter that from today will be sent to all applicants for legal aid in a contact/residence action. While the letter is effectively...
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School involvement survey
The Education and Culture Committee at Scottish Parliament wants to find out more about how schools andparents can work together to support children’s progress at school. FNF Scotland would encourage...
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Court training events in Glasgow and Edinburgh
We are holding two training sessions in March for those who are either currently or considering acting as a party litigant or are interested in acting as a lay assistant or lay representative. Being a...
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Paternity leave still lagging behind Sweden
As the UK General Election approaches, political parties are offering all sorts of promises to voters. The Labour Party has just offered to double the amount of paid paternity leave to new fathers from...
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Next Year is Scottish Year of the Dad
Fathers Network Scotland, supported by the Scottish Government, is preparing for 2016 to be celebrated as "Year of the Dad". While not many details are available yet, the intention is to celebrate...
View ArticlePartner Abuse State of Knowledge project
The Partner Abuse State of Knowledge Project (PASK) is a US-based but international collaboration of academics in the field of domestic violence research. Their starting point is their observation that...
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Putting the case about alienation to court
Linda GottliebAmicus briefs are submissions to court from an expert on a general point, rather than about specific circumstances in a case. They are normally used in connection with appeals at the...
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Fathers are sidelined by parenting programmes
Professor Catherine Panter-BrickA new world-wide study has identified key barriers to engaging fathers in parenting support programmes, despite the crucial importance of fathers. Catherine Panter-Brick...
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Running on Fathers Day
It has just been announced that there will be a Men's10k event in Glasgow on Fathers Day - June 21st. Members and supporters have run - and walked - to raise funds for FNF Scotland and also to declare...
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A life changing journey to Loch Ness
Storytelling is a very powerful way of exploring issues, and FNF Scotland has heard about a forthcoming session that should be of interest to fathers. On Saturday 16th May at the Scottish Storytelling...
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Guide to family law complaints
One in five complaints about solicitors relate to family law work. When the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) found this out through their research they produced a guide setting out how best...
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The value of shared parenting for daugters
Dr Linda NeilsenThis summary of research put together by Dr Linda Neilsen is a valuable look at the benefits of father daughter contact after separation, countering the arguments made to frustrate...
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High conflict separations shouldn't prevent shared parenting
Dr Edward KrukAn article by Dr Edward Kruk in Psychology Today puts the arguments for shared parenting in high-conflict separations, giving a useful roundup of the results from recent research studies....
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Learning about 'hidden' men from NSPCC case reviews
Recently published guidance from the NSPCC makes some important points for social work professionals. From analysis of case reviews, they point out two categories of 'hidden' men. Men who posed a...
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