More rights for divorced fathers

Fathers look set to be given additional rights to see their children after family break-up or divorce, as long as it is in the child’s best interests, under reforms set out in the Queen’s Speech.

Last year’s family justice review warned against introducing a legal presumption of shared parenting, warning it could create an “unacceptable risk of damage to children”.

But Wednesday’s speech announced a consultation on legal options to strengthen the law in England and Wales to ensure that, “where it is safe and in the child’s best interests”, both parents are able to have a relationship with their sons and daughters after they split up.

The Children and Families Bill also sets out plans to speed up adoption and care proceedings and give more support to disabled children.

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