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Parents behaving badly

By Barbara Biggs - posted Monday, 8 March 2010


Now, having had a chance to digest the three reviews, she has gone further than anyone else. Those in entrenched conflict separations with cases pending, either before the courts or in mediation, will be grateful for her latest recommendation that information from mediation sessions be provided to the Courts for consideration.

Previously, no matter how badly parents behaved in mediation, the proceedings were confidential. Often mediations occur over many sessions so a mediator sees the parties far more often and more candidly than a judge who decides the outcome should it reach Court.

The NCCPS has heard of shocking bullying in mediation sessions, none of which was able to be reported to the Court.

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Barbara Biggs is a former journalist and author of a two-part autobiography, In Moral Danger and The Road Home, launched in May 2004 by Peter Hollingworth and Chat Room in 2006. Her latest book is Sex and Money: How to Get More. Barbara is convenor of the National Council for Children Post-Separation, www.nccps.org.

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