The purpose of the study is to assess whether the Ministry of Social Affairs, Housing and Senior Citizens and the Danish courts have ensured efficient processing of cases in the system of family law. In this report, efficient processing is when a reasonable balance is achieved between the total processing time and the time involved in actively processing each individual step in the process. The report answers the following questions:
- Is the Agency of Family Law ensuring a reasonable balance between total processing time and active processing time?
- Is the Agency of Family Law and the family courts ensuring that processing times across the system of family law are as short as possible?
The Ministry of Social Affairs, Housing and Senior Citizens and the courts under the ministry of Justice have not adequately ensured efficient processing of cases in the system of family law. This is considered unsatisfactory by Rigsrevisionen. The total processing time is long compared to the pe-riods of active processing. The consequence is that resolving issues concerning visitation, custody and residence takes longer than it should.
Rigsrevisionen took the initiative to do the study in November 2023.
Read the introduction and conclusion (PDF)