Divorced and separated parents who resort to the law to settle disputes over contact with their children risk making matters worse, says a study for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Children's and Parents' Experience of Contact after Divorce. Researchers at the University of East Anglia found that lawyers were rarely able to improve parents' commitment to unwelcome contact arrangements, and applications for court orders tended to fuel conflict rather than resolve it. They said the effort would be better spent on helping families to find solutions for themselves.
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