The Legal Services Commission (LSC) aims to make £6.5m worth of cuts to the legal aid system from next year. One of the plans to rein in spending on legal aid is to bring in fixed fees for family legal aid work, which could see barristers' fees drop.
The ALC said cases managing parental separation or involving the welfare of the child would be hit if the cuts were imposed.
In its response to the LSC's consultation on family legal aid funding from 2010, the association said the proposed model is "irrational, flawed and utterly unworkable."
The response states: "Were the government's proposals to be implemented, we have not the slightest doubt that parents facing serious allegations and at risk of losing their children to adoption will be unrepresented or, at best, inadequately represented.
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