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Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995: review - gov.scot
Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995: review
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This consultation seeks views on reforming Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 to ensure the child's best interests are at the centre of any decision made about them.
216 page PDF
Respondent Information Form and Consultation Questionnaire (DOCX 109.1 kB )
Glossary of Terms used in this consultation.
Part 1: Introduction and how to respond to this consultation
Part 2: Obtaining the views of a child
Part 5: Cross border cases within the UK: jurisdictional issues
Annex D: EU Regulations affecting family law
Annex E: Statistics on Child Abduction and Plagium
Annex F: Improving Statistics and Wider Evidence in Family Justice
Annex G: Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Annex H: Partial Child Rights and Wellbeing Impact Assessment
Annex I: Partial Data Protection Impact Assessment
Annex J: Partial Equality Impact Assessment
This consultation seeks your views on potential changes to Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (the 1995 Act) and on related matters.
Part 1 of the 1995 Act covers parental responsibilities and rights. It also covers contact and residence cases relating to children when parents are no longer together.
At the time, the 1995 Act was seen as ground-breaking and it has served Scotland well.
However, we know that many children, parents and organisations are expressing concerns about how Part 1 of the 1995 Act works in practice.
In preparing this consultation, we have taken full account of Power Up Power Down, a participation project with children and young people carried out by the Children and Young People’s Commissioner and Scottish Women’s Aid.
In this Year of Young People, the Scottish Government is seeking views on how the interests of children and their need to form and maintain relationships with key adults in their lives can be at the heart of contact and residence cases.
The consultation covers a wide range of issues that affect children including how the court considers the views of the child, support for the child, who a child should have contact with and how contact should happen, how children and victims of domestic abuse can be protected and how we can improve the process for children and young people.
This consultation, with its associated partial Impact Assessments, carefully analyses the issues.
You do not have to respond to every question in the consultation if you do not wish to do so.
Family and Property Law Team