Family courts are a money making business.

Fathers and Mothers are pitted against each other by agents of the system, in order to prolong the proceeedings and make money for themselves.

Best interest of the child is cited, but it is the children who suffer.

All to cover up the real truth.

Catherine Mills., London, UK

As an ex policeman who lost his job due to the strain imposed on me trying to keep in contact with my son. I would say this man deserves a medal for speaking out. I know Prince Charles would be happy to give it to him as he is fully aware what is happening to children in the courts.

Roy Fox, Brentwood , Essex

for far too long now out of "touch judges" and "cafcass" have operated with impunity in "secret" hearings and got away with making apalling decisions and never been held accountable for their dreadful decisions.They have brought misery to children and parents [both male and female]

Bill, west bromwich, uk

Family Courts are a disgrace + perpetuate injustice. They discriminate on the basis of sex. If I stole I would be given a fair trial. When my ex made false accusations and committed 3 counts of fraud to gain Legal Aid she then committed repeated perjury. Result? My boys were taken to live abroad.

igc, salop,

The family courts are allowing rapists and violent thugs to take their victims to court for paternal rights. Thus, victims of rape and domestic violence are being put into prison.

This is ridiculous and very cruel. The family courts must be open and transparent so that everyone can see this abuse.

Barbara , Staffordshire, England

Mr Justice Ryder is saying the right words and gets my support. What he's saying has been said before by many but with a strong voice such as Mr Justice Ryder hopefully it would gain faster momentum.

Time for people to stop using the children.

Raja, Wimbledon,

Please , please follow up on this. The fact that the family courts are both secret and openly encourage perjury are two major factors stopping the courts form doing thier job of protecting children and ensuring the fair hearing of both parents.

Neil Grice , Chelmsford , essex

judges appear "numb" to their decisions, especially as they deal with the worst every day ... they persist in allowing mother's to make false allegations in these private courts, disproving more than 50 false allegations of child abuse will cost you £100K+ .. I know .. even then do the kids see you?

DDR, Henley-on-Thames,

Resolution needs to be replaced by something with teeth to control disgusting practices by solicitors in this world of SECRET law - a judicial Family Ombudsman is needed. Family Solicitors deliberately "up the ante", and blame their clients .. only they benefit .. certainly not the children

DDR, Henley-on-Thames,

Mr Justice Ryder is obviously well informed .. but courts & Social Svcs are too stretched for anything except "cuts & bruises" - more attention needs to be paid to the effects of litigation between parents on the children - often this escalates out of control ... fueled by fallacy of private law

DDR, Henley-on-Thames,

I applaud the judge for saying that ''Our judgments should be given in public and anonymised where necessary,”. The child abuse perpetrated by juges would not survive open public scruteny. This is one of the most important items of reform needed in today's family courts, it will be a good start.

alain williams, watford,

I am ccair of Garndparents Action Group U.K it isappalleing t famiy life is declining and support from government is not there. Grandparents have no rights to contact with their grandchildren when families break down an option " for
leave to apply" many go to court for contact but it is very hard.

pamela, Telford, England U.K

Reference,pete london "there will always be someone who doesn't get what they want".............you're right pete,problem is it's the children..... who don't get a mummy and a daddy.

Darren, Oxfordshire, England

Once the courts are public, people will realise that much of the criticism aimed at 'the system' emanates from parents who didn't get the result they wanted, and probably never deserved to. The court is required make tough decisions, and there will always be someone who doesn't get what they want.

Pete, London,

The ENTIRE system needs overhauling, not just the court part. When a father is considered as an equal to the mother, we may start improving this whole tragic system. And it is tragic. Fathers are committing suicide, children are killing each other........when is someone going to grasp the nettle?

Darren, Oxfordshire, England

What about the Scottish Childrens Panel as a model?

Jack, Glasgow,

10 years ago, after spending thousands of pounds and several years fighting for my son, I gave up and moved overseas; There is not much point fighting a system that actively descriminates against a child and it's father. I am just disappointed that they are still stealing children.

John Jones, New York, USA

The family courts are "out of touch", 30 years behind other countries such as the Scandinavians, many states in the US, Australia and other countries in Europe that enforce the principle that BOTH parents are equally important to their children.

The UK 'winner takes all' system is Child Abuse.

Jeff B, Weybridge,

Not only the judgement but the evidence upon which it relies should be made public. Some judgements are nothing more than MillS & Boon novels. You don't keep pouring money into an old banger - you scrap it. The family courts are past their MOT date . All we have are judges asking for more cash. No

evans, swansea , wales

Please can we move this on from the talk stage we have heard it all before. Is it not high time directions are now taken by the Judicary to bet it's ACT 2 gether.

In view of ALL of the corrupt cases coming to LIGHT if not in the media on www............

linda McDermott, Luton, Bedfordshire

There are many things wrong with the family court system but it's doubtful that employees in "The Divorce Industry" are going to say anything that will result in a loss of earnings. There are litterally millions employed either directly or indirectly and they will not happily accept their P45's

Wiliam Hammond, Widnes, United Kingdom

The whole UK system of "parenting" children when a family breaks down needs a radical overhaul. Residential Parents are routinely given an emotional hold over Non Residential Parents resulting in pain & loss for all involved, particularly the children. Making Family Courts more open would be a start

Angela Joss, MATCH, Aberdeen, Scotland

Mr Justice Ryder is to be applauded.

Tessa Boo, London, W11

These secret kangaroo courts are incredibly draconian in the way they operate.

The tax payer is funding a business often guilty of crimes against humanity and is not aware of this.

The judges are often too lazy to read the paperwork, and merely Rubberstamping the lies of social services.

Lady Portia, London, UK

Family courts were never in touch with reality.

They cannot be as they are run by the elite, who believe they are superior specimen of mankind.

Mothers and children are second class, possessions of Patriarchal system which forces them to comply in order to keep power over the masses.

Lady Portia, London, UK

Justice Must Be Seen, To be Done.

Justice is represented by a wo+man.

Law is represented by man.

The answer lies in bringing both into balance.

Hence the scales of Justice.

But, for those who are unaware- the real statue of Lady Justice with sword pointing down is hidden away.

Lady Portia, London, UK

This is more dangerous nonsense from Mr Justice Ryder following Mr. Justice's Coleridge comments that more funding for family courts and social services are needed.

It is the Judiciary run industry that is fracturing our society and giving children such poor welfare outcomes visible in the street.

Shaun O'Connell, Portsmouth, UK

I applaud Mr. Justice Ryder's courageous call for family courts to be reformed. MATCH mothers who've lost contact with children through the current iniquitous system wanted their judgements scrutinised in public but were tragically denied that. Children, more tragically, are then the major losers.

Penny Cross, MATCH,MothersApartfromTheirChildren, London, UK

The charity National Society for Children and Family Contact can only but praise Mr Justice Ryder for saying that family justice needs to be reformed and open. This is the only way forward if good wholesome fathers and grandparents are to remain in a childs life as much needed role models

Mike Ellis, Bideford, UK