Contact: The New Deal brings together all the key recent statutory and non-statutory changes affecting and informing this important area of the law. This book: * provides a comprehensive guide to the new contact provisions contained in the forthcoming Children and Adoption Act 2006 * covers developments in mediation, collaborative law and information provision and includes an evaluation of the new parenting plans * analyses the Private Law Programme, in-court conciliation and the important changes to the role and approach of CAFCASS * examines the developments in the court's treatment of contact cases in which domestic violence is alleged * summarises the main legal principles and relevant case law * provides an overview of the key research and sets out the rationale for reform * also addresses the topical issues of family court openness and the voice of the child The text is supplemented by key statutory materials (including the Children and Adoption Act 2006).