Out of the mouths of babes: listening to children of all ages in family court cases

Barnes Macfarlane, Lesley-Anne

Abstract

Critical overview of amendments made by the Children (S) Act 2020 to cases brought under Part 1 of the Children (S) Act 1995 (e.g. contact/residence disputes). These amendments are intended to better align Scottish Law with the contemporary understanding of Article 12 of the UNCRC (child's right to be heard) in view of full implementation of the UNCRC in Scotland.

Citation

Barnes Macfarlane, L.-A. (2021). Out of the mouths of babes: listening to children of all ages in family court cases. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland,

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 19, 2021
• Publication Date: Apr 12, 2021
• Deposit Date: Mar 29, 2021
• Print ISSN: 0458-8711
• Publisher: Law Society of Scotland
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2756116
• Publisher URL: https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-66-issue-04/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes/