Rejected petition Expedition of court hearing whereby children are removed from one parent.

Introduce 14 day deadline for cases where one parent is intent on destroying the other while NOT focusing on the best interests of the children.

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Currently 6 week wait for family court hearings for child arrangement orders, when allegations only.
This constitutes emotional abuse for children and needs to be a maximum of 2 weeks.

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Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The scheduling of court dates is a matter for the UK Courts which are independent of the UK Government and Parliament.

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Date submitted 5 November 2020
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