Help for children after parents split

Ensuring that the interests of children are paramount when deciding contact arrangements after parents divorce or separate is the aim of new measures unveiled by the Government. Last week Margaret Hodge, minister for children, and family justice minister Lord Filkin launched three 'family resolution pilots' in inner London, Brighton and Sunderland, aimed at preventing acrimonious and lengthy court cases. The pilots, which will run for a year and, if successful, be rolled out nationally, will mean both parents get a one-to-one session to agree a parenting plan.