Empowering and Supporting Vulnerable Families through the Family Justice System

Author: Samantha M Davey
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509996445
Published In: December 2026
Format: Hardback
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This edited collection brings together leading scholars and practitioners to explore the complexities of the family justice system and its impact on vulnerable families.

With a focus on empowering and supporting families, this book provides a critical analysis of the current landscape, highlighting best practices and innovative approaches to supporting those who are most in need.

The collection covers a range of topics, including the role of courts, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution, as well as the experiences of children, and parents (especially vulnerable mothers) navigating the system. This book also explores the intersection of family law with other areas, such as child protection, domestic abuse, and mental health.

Through a combination of theoretical analysis, empirical research, and practical insights, this book offers an exploration of the challenges faced by vulnerable families and the ways in which the family justice system can be improved to better support them. This edited collection is essential reading for academics, practitioners, and policymakers working in the fields of family law, social policy and social work practice. This book aims to inform practice, policy, and the law, empowering and supporting vulnerable families to achieve better outcomes for themselves and their children.

1. Introduction

Samantha Davey

Part 1: The Impact of Austerity and Resources Constraints on Access to Justice

2. Supporting Families in Cases of Domestic Abuse: A Comparative Analysis of the Family Justice Systems in Brazil and England and Wales

Nicola Barker and Aline Lemos Reis Bianchini

3. Practical Challenges involved in Hearing the Voices of Children in Divorce Mediation

Emily Finch and Filipa Tavares Moreira

4. Navigating the Family Justice System: Litigants in Person and those 'Marooned' by the Challenges of Family Law Proceedings

Liz Fisher-Frank

5. Access to Justice in the Context of Surrogacy

Laure Sauve

Part 2: Vulnerable Populations and the Family Justice System

6. 'Section 17 of the Children Act 1989: An Unfulfilled Promise or an Impossible Promise to Fulfil?

Celestine Greenwood

7. Supporting Mothers with Additional Needs Through the Family Justice System: Social Work Through a Different Lens

Jody Torode

8. Maternal Grief Across Time – How do Inquiries into Forced Separation in Mother and Baby Homes Align with Contemporaneous Research on Repeat Removals in Family Courts?

Daniel Taggart

Part 3: Strengthening Relationships and Resilience through Supportive Professional Interventions

9. Epistemic Injustice in Mothers' Post-adoption Experiences of Law and Policy: The Artist's Book as an Innovative and Transformative Tool for Professionals

Stella Bolaki and Samantha Davey

10. On Shifting Sands, Building Trust with Families in Poverty

Taliah Drayak and Diana Skelton

11. Down Will Come Baby, Cradle and All – A Service Case Study Considering the Sustainability of “Edge of Care” Parent-Infant Services in the Context of Turbulent Health and Social Care Environments

Richard Pratt