Family Court Summit

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The First Family Court Summit was successfully held from September 16-17, 2015 at the Crimson Hotel in Muntinlupa.  The Summit sought to review and assess the implementation of the “Family Courts Act of 1997” 17 years after its passage. The objective of the Summit, where family court judges from around the country were gathered, was to generate recommendations to ensure that the system is in a better position to address legal issues affecting families in the 21st century. Attention was paid particularly to issues affecting women (e.g. trafficking, domestic abuse and violence against women in all its forms) and to children (e.g. children in conflict with the law, cybercrime that includes child pornography, trafficking, stricter rules on adoption, etc.) and to the family in the modern world. Recommendations from the Summit were submitted to the Supreme Court for proper action.