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A pilot plan for a “pioneering” family court will be expanded to reduce delays and support family abuse victims.

“Pilot“It will be used in all family courts in Wales, and Siyecick County becomes an additional area of ​​England.

According to the Ministry of Justice, the plan has caused the case earlier and reduced the number of cases waiting for trial.

It was initiated in some family court lawsuits in 2022 The review of the family judicial system in 2020 The discovery process usually exacerbates conflict between parents, modified victims and influence children.

When their parents are separated and they cannot agree to how to share their care responsibilities, they will turn to the family court.

Family courts may have a huge impact on the family’s life, because judges can determine the questions of who children will live with, how to organize holidays and children to go to school.

Pathfinder tries to solve the problems between parents as soon as possible, and pay more attention to hearing children’s voices in appropriate circumstances in this process.

In 2022, North Wales and Doseites were the first court to use the plan and expanded to Birmingham and Southeast Wales in May 2024.

Statistics from the Ministry of Justice show that the time spent by the system has been reduced from an average of 29 weeks to 18 weeks of North Wales.

Beginning in March 2025, Wales will become the first country pilot to fully use all private children’s lawsuits, and expand to Westy County in England in June.

“I believe this method is crucial to ensuring the victims in the family judicial system. Impact on all family courts. “

I have been participating in the case in the family court of the husband to report Transparent pilotAnd have seen the action of the road.

A case in November 2024 involves parents who are separated from three children.

His father applied for the connection between his new partner and the child.

Children’s comment shows that the eldest son does not want to see his father.

Both parents agree that only two children can see more fathers.

However, they could not reach the speed that his partner should be present.

The child in the middle wants to see his father, instead of seeing his father’s new partner-his childhood.

When the court heard that the child in the middle told society, they were obviously unhappy: “She brought my father.”

Parents could not find a solution required by the judge, so he made a ruling.

For the two young brothers and sisters, with the time of time, the contact of the contact increases.

If you want to take into account the situation that improves overnight, and the participation of his father and partner.

With the existing PetathFinder court program, parents want to wait for a few weeks or even a few months with the court, the court’s social work services, Welsh’s CafCass Cymru or England’s CAFCASS.

Cases usually need to be concluded for six months or longer, and involve multiple court hearing.

In the case of the pilot of the pilot, within one or two days of the application issued by the court, the judge or the court’s legal adviser will consider applying and make a case management decision.

Generally, the judge will prepare an influence report of a child’s influence report that the judge will order a child’s influence report that will involve officials who talk to both parents. If appropriate, children and any other related personnel, such as children’s schools.

Prior to the proposal to the court, the official will determine any agreement and differences.

This allows the judges to make a wise decision than before.

David Gareth Evans is a lawyer who stationed in Fanta. He said that Welsh was the first country to use the road to the Wales family.

Mr. Evans said: “For related families, they really like it. This is faster. They talk to those who investigate their children’s benefits earlier at the earlier stage of interested in this case, which is very large for them. Change.

“Litigation is greatly stressful for children and parents, which is also very expensive. Therefore, at a very practical level, the case is completed faster and it is better for everyone.”

He said that the speed of litigation procedures is a new challenge for lawyers.

The Ministry of Justice stated that the news announced that the news was increased by £ 12.5 million.

Lord of the Family Justice Pang Senbi said: “Pathfinder is regarded as a method of confrontation, and early evidence indicates that it works.

“This is another important step to realize our promise to make violence against women and girls.”