What does research say about FDAC compared to normal court?

FDAC gets much better results than when parents go to court in normal care proceedings. A research study at Lancaster and Brunel Universities found:

  • More parents had solved their problems by the end of the case in court.
  • More children are able to live with their parents at the end of FDAC proceedings.
  • The changes parents make are more likely to be long-term.
  • Parents have a better experience in the FDAC court process and felt they have been given the best chance possible to make the changes necessary.

You can read more about the research if you click on these links:

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The FDAC website is currently under review to improve its design and ensure the content is up to date. We are keeping it open in the meantime so that information on FDAC is still available. If you have any questions about FDAC that you cannot see the answer for here, please contact Sophie on scarter@justiceinnovation.org

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