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– When we are caught by the pandemic, we have to keep our eyes and ears open. School staff have it in their DNA to make worries about children bad. But if family conflicts escalate and only neighbors hear the noise, it is very important to sound the alarm, regardless of who it is, says Linda Ljunggren Syding, family law attorney for the Family Lawyer.
She works daily near vulnerable families.
She has long experience of how children are affected by separations and financial vulnerability. She points to the May Flower Report for 2019 which shows that 10.9 percent of children living with a single parent live in poverty compared to 1.4 percent of those living with both parents.
– Children have no voice in divorce and custody disputes. They often maneuver like puppets and become invisible. Therefore, it is important that family disputes are resolved quickly before they go to court, says Linda Ljunggren Syding.
She wants cross-functional teams with, among other things, socio-economists, lawyers and debt counselors to start working together and that mandatory conversations must be held before custody disputes go to court.
According to Linda Ljunggren Syding, the five municipalities that introduced these teams a couple of years ago managed to reverse the trend for more and more custody disputes to go to court.
Petronella Uebel / TT
Linda Ljunggren Syding believes that it is important for everyone to show civil remedies and be vigilant if children feel unwell during the crown crisis. The reason is that, for example, school staff who are used to reporting concerns do not know children if they are at home. Photo: Family Lawyer
