Make legal aid available to all parents in family court cases

Closed 55 signatures

What the petition asks

Make legal aid available to all parents in family court. Parents are disadvantaged by not having legal representation. This has a knock on effect on the children involved. If the parent can demonstrate it would benefit/improve their child's welfare as a result, they should be entitled to help.

Non-molestation orders are often abused as a result of legal aid only being made available in domestic abuse cases. This comes at a considerable cost to the tax payers and government. This in turn leads to lengthy family court cases that needn't be and is not in the best interest of the children. Legal aid should be made available to anyone that isn't in the financial position to afford a solicitor this would significantly improve the process and reduce NMO applications.

Timeline

15 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
15 Oct 2021	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 55

Status Closed

Department Ministry of Justice

Opened 15 Apr 2021

Closed 15 Oct 2021

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