Tony Coe, president of the Equal Parenting Council, said the proposals, unveiled by Lord Justice Thorpe in a newspaper article this week, could "only be good".
"All aspects of the justice system have to be open to public scrutiny," he added.
The public and the press can currently be admitted to magistrates' family proceedings courts but not at other levels of the family justice system. However, magistrates also have the power to exclude the public if they wish.
Lord Justice Thorpe told The Times that it would be healthy to remove privacy. Exposing the family justice system to public scrutiny would "reveal that it is in good condition", he added.
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