New Government proposals to promote shared parenting on divorce do not solve problems for children. The proposals are not toothless, and even envisage mixing the interests of the children with some hard financial penalties for non-compliance by parents eg withholding passports and driving licences, the imposition of a curfew order. Court hearings are usually damaging for all involved, but the previous lack of enforcement options has frustrated too many for too long.

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