PARENTAL CONTACT
September 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLAN INTERNATIONAL convention improving the right of access by children to separated parents who live in different countries is expected to become European law, with the European Commission proposing that the European Union signs up to its terms.The Council of Europe's Convention on Contact Concerning Children will be open for signature from October 14. It commits member countries, (the EU, eastern Europe, Turkey and Russia), to apply certain principles regarding contact orders, safeguards and guarantees ensuring contact with estranged parents and ...
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