Making Courts More Child Friendly
DCA Press Release
1 September 2006
Young people are going to be asked their views in a new online
consultation about plans to make the courts more child friendly.
The DCA is seeking children's views on:
* judges speaking to children involved in their parents'
separation cases or in care proceedings to ask their views, and
tell them the court's decision;
* new guidelines for giving children their own legal
representation in their parents' separation case;
* when they reach adulthood, giving children full information
about the court's judgment in cases where decisions about them
have been made.