On the pandemic and resulting delays in the court process, to which others have alluded, particular issues for families have been: much longer breaks during which children have not seen their parents, so re-establishing relationships takes longer and is harder; escalated and more entrenched conflicts, as people have had longer in an adversarial process, so it takes longer to de-escalate situations; and significantly more issues with mental ill health and anxiety for children and parents—and for practitioners, who are needing a lot more support, given what they have had to deal with during the pandemic.