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Give courts powers to order local authorities to fund family therapy

Submitted by Mrs A evans Macleod on Wednesday 4th December 2024

Published on Friday 24th January 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 24th July 2025

Signatures: 88

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Petition Action

Give courts powers to order local authorities to fund family therapy

Petition Details

Amend the children’s act 1989 to give courts the power to order local authorities to fund therapy for parents and children. We think this would make the legislation compatible with the ECHR Article 8 rights, and that the aim should be to reunite families.

Additional Information

Every day children are taken into care and in many cases therapy is required for parents and/or children. Therapy on the NHS is not often accessible. We think on balance it’s cheaper to fund therapy than cases repeatedly coming to court.


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