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Family Courts: Custody

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 67151

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish its review of the presumption of parental contact in family courts; and whether that review will include consideration of disapplying the presumption in cases where domestic a

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The Review into the Presumption of Parental Involvement is now complete. The Review and the Government’s response and next steps will be published shortly.

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