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Open Make Jade’s Law on suspending parental responsibility retrospective

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We want the Government to amend the law so as to suspend parental responsibility for all parents convicted of killing the other parent of their children, regardless of when the crime took place.

Amendments made to the Victim and Courts Act 2024, known as Jade's Law, will be implemented in December 2026, meaning parental responsibility will be suspended upon conviction. However, this change in the law will not be retrospective. Hundreds of children are exposed to being coercively controlled by their parent from prison - who could prevent them moving house, going on holiday or changing school. Children can even be forced to live with that parent after their release from prison. We believe a child's right to safety should not depend on the date their parent was killed.

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