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Inside the Family Courtroom

From NRC Handelsblad · () Dutch

Translated from Dutch and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • NRC follows three family judges as they handle divorce, parental authority and arrangements for contact with children.
  • The newspaper attended 18 court cases that normally take place behind closed doors.

What happens when family judges decide who may see a child, who holds parental authority and how a divorce should proceed? NRC was allowed to attend 18 cases normally held behind closed doors.

The article follows three family judges as they consider disputes involving divorce, parental authority and contact between parents and children.

Camil Driessen and Rogier van ‘t Hek report the proceedings in a Sunday listening story, with Maartje Somers and Jan Paul de Bondt providing the voices. The production was edited by Jan Paul de Bondt, with photography by Bart Maat and coordination by Ilse Eshuis.

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Originally published by NRC Handelsblad in Dutch. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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