Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020

Lord Thomas of Gresford Excerpts

Tuesday 13th October 2020 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)]

I will give the same answer as before: children are extremely important. In future, before people look into divorce, all the advice will be online and support will be there.

[Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD) [V]]

Can the Minister assure the House that guidance will include the need for all discussions, telephone calls, emails, Facebook or WhatsApp messages and other modern means of communication to be properly recorded, so that the court can be assured that issues of finance and children have been fully explored and fairly agreed, and not imposed by a dominant partner—or, worse, by a trained and expert lawyer acting on behalf of the other party?

[Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)]

My Lords, I am sure that the Family Procedure Rule Committee is looking at all these issues that relate to reform and the implementation of the Act.