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Petition for Independent Inquiry in Family Court Failings
Closed
1,735 signatures
What the petition asks
Court orders have placed children at risk of harm through being forced to live with or spend time with abusive parents. Parents have taken their lives as a result of poor decisions which disrupt and sever bonds between children and families. Successive reviews have failed to solve systemic problems.
Clandestine proceedings - meant to protect the identities of children and families - prevent scrutiny, eliminate accountability, stifle debate, mask incompetence, breed distrust, prevent learning and development. Public faith and trust in the system have collapsed. Only an INDEPENDENT inquiry - free from influence by the judiciary, Whitehall, all pressure groups and other third parties - will disclose the true extent of any problems and start to build public confidence in a failing system.
Timeline
| 20 Jun 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Nov 2019 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,735
Status
Closed
Opened
20 Jun 2019
Closed
6 Nov 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.