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Ministers to invest to support care for young people
Programme will reform family support, children's hearings and use of custody
Faculty seeks long term fix for placed English children
Children's hearings should have role as forum to discuss welfare
Call for release of more Scottish family case judgments
Shared Parenting Scotland seeks to increase public knowledge of court cases
Children exposed to crime to have Bairns' Hoose by 2025
Combined services to be available to all eligible victims or witnesses
Minute to vary applies to refusal of s 11 order: SAC
Procedure for expeditious resolution should apply in all cases
Lockdown raised separated parent woes, charity reports
Shared Parenting Scotland had busiest year in 2020-21
More support in force for siblings in care
Siblings should now have support to stay together where appropriate
Secure accommodation rules not being followed: report
Children's Commissioner study finds poor practice by authorities
Two child contact consultations open
Ministers seek views on new registers, and contact centre regulation
UNCRC Bill passes final Holyrood stage
Unanimous backing for bringing children's rights into domestic Scots law
Tayside extends child welfare hearing webex pilot
All courts to attempt remote hearings during spring
Ministers propose to strengthen UNCRC Bill
Amendments will guarantee commencement, and extend public authority scope
Hearing could place 17 year old in secure accommodation
Court holds judicial review proceedings incompetent, and unfounded in law
Hearing should have ordered paternity test: sheriff
Advice from National Convener posed the wrong tests
UNCRC bill should cover all service providers: report
Stage 1 report supports general principles but calls for extended scope
Advocacy scheme for children at hearings now in force
Funding provided for advocacy workers to help children give their views
Children's rights will cost more than budgeted: Faculty
Burden on public authorities, and cost of litigation, not factored in
Rights of the Child Bill goes out to views
Call for evidence as MSPs open stage 1
Children (Scotland) Bill passes final stage
Unanimous support from MSPs after stage 3 debate
Sibling rights to be extended by stage 3 amendments
Minister proposes to allow additional participation in children's hearings
Carloway seeks to allay child contact concerns
Reply to Shared Parenting Scotland affirms right to attend remote hearings
Children's hearings could open to all under-18s
Ministers consult on extending reach of support system
Contact complaints soar in lockdown: Shared Parenting
Parent support organisation reports 81% rise in helpline calls
English Family Court paper sees disruption till 2021
President sets out requirements during "long road" to normal working