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A Scottish judge explains her decision by letter

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Shaun Usher
Mar 17, 2023
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In March of 2017, at the end of a particularly bitter custody case that resulted in the father being granted indirect contact with his three children, a clinical psychologist advised the presiding judge, Sheriff Aisha Anwar1, to break from tradition and delicately communicate the Scottish court’s decision to those children by letter. She agreed with the …

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