The October edition of Family Law referred to recent research conducted in respect of how the law operates to enforce or control contact between children and their parents after a separation.
 

At the end of this month, Children Act 1989 will be amended by the Children & Adoption Act 2006, which will introduce two new sanctions for breach of contact orders.

There will be the possibility of either unpaid work or the payment of compensation for a financial loss. The research concluded that the current range of available sanctions was inadequate.

The report on the findings can be found at www.law.cf.ac.uk/newsandevents/news.php.