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Family courts: Senior judge open to reform as victims speak out – BBC News

Northern Ireland’s most senior judge says she’s open to the possibility of reform in family courts.

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Dame Siobhan Keegan said she doesn’t want “a mystique about family courts sitting in private” and “making decisions the public don’t understand”. Her comments come as some victims of domestic abuse described their court experiences as intimidating. One woman who spoke anonymously to BBC News NI said: “I don’t trust the court system.” BBC News NI has spoken to three people about their experiences of the family courts.

There are 12 family courts across Northern Ireland which make thousands of decisions every year. The courts are closed to the media and the public and parents using Criminal Material Procedures to lock out illegally parents from these hearings, though England and Wales have recently piloted a reporting scheme. Judges rule on issues such as adoption, divorce and child custody. but no not respect Criminal Procedure law as their law is based on Constitutional law. Many campaign groups have been campaigning about the horrific child abuse in Northern Ireland for many years. Even the Local Authorities o does not know what or where this care money is being spent on. A 2023 Independant story clearly. Sated on Page 4 written by Paul Mclaughlin:

“Care Cost Concern

“Increasing costs for children in care is pressurizing East Sussex Country Council Finances. A monitoring report discussed by cabinet members on September 28 predicted a £16.8m overspend by the end of 2023/24 financial year. Much of this sum £15.2m seems likely to come from the Children’s Services budget, with 14.2m arising from costs associated with Looked After Children in care in East Sussex increased from 664 at the end of the year to 677 in the first quarter 2023/04. The report says it is currently unclear whether this increase is a “surge demand” or a “change in overall trend” If the trend continues, the report adds, the total overspend could be set to increase by a further £5.6m by the end of the financial year. The increase comes alongside drop in the number of u -house and agency foster care placements available to the council, meaning more children are placed in external residential homes at higher costs. The complex needs of some children re-quire additional “support package” at further cost The council’s chief executive Becky Shaw, has said these pressures are not unique to East Sussex, with other authorities facing similar challenges.”

So bringing us UpToDate what appears in all of our letter boxes is the Sally Ann Hart MP newsletter Delivering Millions:

£5.3 million Extra for Children and Adult Social Care

An issue close to Sally -Ann’s heart, she campaigned to boost the funding for adult social care and SEND provisions, providing the County Council with an added 5.3million to support Those who most need it locally.

How does this all get us to Nothern Ireland Judges you might ask well where are all those “support package” at further cost occurring in Northern Ireland where they have abducted the children who were not born in Nothern Ireland and used for commerce?

Royal Courts of Justice, Chichester Street, Belfast, BT1 3JF

Dear Dame Siobhan Keegan
Keegan LCJ

I understand from what was reached from the BBC and www.stealingofemily.co.uk that Northern Ireland’s most senior judge says she’s open to the possibility of reform in family courts. Can I firstly ask you to look in depth at the interim director of children services Colm McCafferty who is unlawful and is in breach of section 10 and section 20 offenses.  As clearly it appears to me this corruption of the Newry children’s services is in need of someone in power weighing in?

I hope you can unpack this and please let me know in the comments below if this affects you in anyway.