LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Girl seeks divorce from parents

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

6 Nov 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:01:51

Description

Oni Bhattacharya reports from the High Court in London on the case of a teenager who wants to divorce herself from her parents and live with her boyfriend’s family. It’s the third case of its kind to be brought under the 1989 Children Act. Includes interviews with a mother of another girl in a similar case; Ian Sparks, Children’s Society.

Contributors

Oni Bhattacharya; Ian Sparks

Keywords

Legislation; Family disorganization; Adolescents; Children (family); Trials; High courts

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