CLICK HERE FOR RESEARCH: Emery et al shows, in four EU countries that (1) the Residence of the children is overwhelmingly awarded to mothers, (2) that when deciding contact levels to the non resident parent, the court did not specify its method in 65.2% of cases and (3) the rates of loss of contact to non resident parents (18-40% in UK, higher in Germany). Concludes that there is a wide gap between European Convention on the Rights of Children legal theory and actual court practic
