"Children separated from their parents in secret family court judgments must be able to find out the reasons for the court's decisions when they grow up, the most senior family judge has said. Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, said it was "great concern" that the judgments of all family court judges were not routinely transcribed and published."
"This is a "major issue" for the children affected by judgments, he said, who are then unable to find out at a later date why a judge came to a decision that may have affected the course of the rest of their life. He said that there was a "pressing need" for a "definitive record" for concerned parties to refer to if future contentions over the judgment occur."
"Sir James added: "More importantly, in future years: five years, ten years, twenty years, thirty years or fifty years into the future, a child who may, for example, be subject of adoption proceedings, is able to see what the judge actually said."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10705913/Children-separated-from-their-families-by-courts-must-know-why.html
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