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I picked up on some very disturbing news in The Times today, which follows a report commissioned by Family Lawyers at Mishcon de Reya. According to the report a third of children lose touch with their parents following a divorce, normally the father. Of course you should seek legal advice when either considering or entering into a divorce situation but it seems that often children are used by embittered parents to ‘twist the knife’ after a marital break-up. Courts have a backlog of cases involving parental disputes over child access, in spite of the common knowledge that this is very unsettling for children. Read the rest of this entry »