Separated parents

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Government guidelines now confirm that separated parents are permitted to take children to and from homes for contact

To me that relates only to children with a health need/vulnerable??

Everyone I know is exercising common sense and not doing that

Government have said only if u have vulnerable children every one must stay home with their children and not allowed to go between houses

Common sense says children need both parents and that document says for care purposes separately from medical and vulnerable.

For my DC, their mum and dad and them makes one family unit. I can't see the difference between that unit being one house or two. All this "family in other houses" talk is directed to adults doing what the hell they like, I'm sure. Not kids, for whom contact with both parents had always been strongly supported in law.

Michael Gove has just clarified. No movement of children between homes. Children need to stay at the home they are at currently. The exception is only if a child has additional needs they can go to other settings.

Our interpretation (family lawyer community) is that this means there is no blanket ban on continuing arrangements for contact with children (under the 'providing care' exception).

Of course every case has to be taken on its individual circumstances and if you can reach an agreement that prevents frequent movement then great, but not all co-parents can manage this.

Michael Gove has just been on GMTV clarifying work for non-essential businesses as well as whether a child can move between parents.

@LifeBeginsNow he's wrong according to the government's own guidance

Common sense says children need both parents and that document says for care purposes separately from medical and vulnerable.

It doesn't say separately - it's asterisked on to that exact topic.

It's also common sense that being in contact with 2 household doubles the amount of exposure and doubles risks of immediate families and has a snowball affect to anyone they happen to come in contact with

LifeBeginsNow- could you point me in the direction of Michael Gove’s guidance please?

Both myself and my ex husband are key workers and rely on the other having the kids to be able to work, are we expected to choose one of us not to work now or put our kids in school rather than parent between us?

Gove has just corrected his advice on BBC - children can travel between homes for contact

I have literally said all of these things to DDs Dad in the last 12 hours haha

Contact will obviously be allowed
(Rewatch Boris Speech)
Contact with family members you don't live with not allowed
(Read gov guidelines)
Children are allowed to move between homes
(Michael Gove on BBC)
Contact not actually allowed
(Michael Gove correcting himself on BBC??)
Fuck me!!!!!!! My head is about to explode.

It doesn't say separately - it's asterisked on to that exact topic.

I read it as a list of three reasons, medical care and vulnerable, like the family lawyer community above.

It's also common sense that being in contact with 2 household doubles the amount of exposure and doubles risks of immediate families and has a snowball affect to anyone they happen to come in contact with

But how is it different from those people living in one house? You're just talking about the risks of two-parent families. Separated families (where both parents are still actively parenting) are still two-parent families.

Oops!

Medical, care and vulnerable. Important comma missing there!

And he’s just said on Radio 5live (I think it was him, it normally just burbles in the background) that children under 18 can move between both parents.

@lilyfire it was on GMTV this morning (about 7-7.30).
It was an ambigious point and Piers laid into him a bit. I get the impression some of the answers were a little ill thought out and maybe in the rush to facilitate this, the government hasn't thought of all eventualities. Things will change over the next few days and information will become clearer.

Oops just read the other comments about him changing his mind. I guess he needs to get into work this morning and have a clear discussion about this and let everyone know later today.