Alienating Behaviours
The Family Justice Council has published its ‘Guidance on responding to a child’s unexplained reluctance, resistance or refusal to spend time with a parent and allegations of alienating behaviour’ (PDF).
The FJC is grateful to the members of the multidisciplinary working group of the Family Justice Council who prepared this guidance note.
The President of the Family Division and Chair of the Family Justice Council, Sir Andrew McFarlane, in his foreword to the guidance said: “This final iteration comes after careful consideration of the responses from both individuals and stakeholder groups to the consultation of 2023. It has been one of the largest consultations in the history of the Family Justice Council with almost 100 responses. All responses have been carefully considered alongside the evolving caselaw. This provides an excellent example of how the different stakeholders within our complex system can work together to produce clear and sensible guidance to benefit the families and children who the system serves.”