Access centre
The Family Court has been given permission to use the City Council’s creche at the Arts Centre as an “access centre” at week-ends. Trained people will supervise access and assess the parent’s relationship with the child and report to the Family Court if required. Mrs Ann Caseley, counselling coordinator for the court, says this will be especially valuable for fathers of very young children, where the father knows nothing about the child and may even hav.,7
separated from the mother before the child was born, but now wishes to have access to the child. Others who will use the access centre will be parents in cases where it is alleged that the child does not wish to spend time with the parent in his or her home, or in cases where the two parents have a sheer inability to see each other.
There will also be cases where very young babies are to spend time with a parent who may know nothing about looking after small babies, and they will be able to have access under supervision.
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Press, 31 October 1984, Page 19
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