Court backlogs are ruining lives by leaving families in limbo as they try to sort out children arrangements and finances after divorce.
Resolution’s Good Divorce Week starts today and we’re raising awareness about the crisis in the family courts and what can be done about it.
Official figures show that private children cases are taking nearly a year to reach conclusion, six weeks longer than the previous year – with financial cases taking even longer.
This is having a huge impact – a survey of Resolution members found:
- 20% said court delays caused clients to rely on benefits
- 34% said they’d referred a client to a counsellor or therapist to help them cope with the stress of ongoing court delays
- 90% said court backlogs were causing additional and unnecessary stress and pressure for clients