Thousands of kids in England and Wales could be safeguarded from witnessing their mothers and fathers pitted versus every other in the courts underneath proposals to lawfully enforce mediation for separating households. Mediation would develop into necessary in all appropriate low-degree loved ones court docket instances excluding those people which contain allegations or a history of domestic violence underneath the proposals, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has stated. This will mean separating couples have to attempt to agree their kid custody and economic preparations through a capable mediator, with court docket action getting a final resort. It is hoped the shift would enable up to 19,000 separating family members resolve…