Hearings on breach of access and breach of maintenance for separated parents will be dealt with as urgent matters by the courts.
It is understood that the President of the District Court will make the announcement tomorrow.
Since the Covid-19 restrictions were put in place, the majority of non-urgent court cases have been adjourned.
Priority has been given to domestic violence and childcare cases.
However, in the last few weeks there have been calls for urgent cases to be extended to separated parents.
Family Law Solicitor and Chairperson of the Family and Child Committee of the Law Society Helen Coughlan said difficulties have arisen where there have been breaches of access orders.
This is where there is a court order is in place and one parent has decided that they are not going to comply.
The expected announcement by Judge Colin Daly means that parents, solicitors and barristers acting on behalf of parents will be able to bring an application before the courts.
For those who have deliberately breached court orders there are consequences, according to Helen Coughlan.
There is legislation that allows enforcement.
If access is denied, an order can be made to provide the parent increased access to make up for the time.
It is also possible for the court to make an order or to reimburse the parent who brings the matter to its attention and get access reinstated.
Declan has a court order.
He wasn't keen on getting one initially, but when mediation didn't work with his ex-partner, they went to court.
The irony is that the court order has proved beneficial to Declan in the current restrictions.
It sits on his passenger seat when he travels to his son and has accompanied him through nine garda check points.
In the weeks after the court agreement was put in place, prior to Covid-19, Declan said communication "wasn't the best" with his ex-partner.
In the days before the Covid-19 restrictions came into place, he says "it stopped completely from her side".
On the night the restrictions were announced, he turned up at the agreed location to pick up his son, but his ex-partner and by extension his son never arrived.
"It was the perfect smokescreen to prevent access", he said, "it did cause great difficulties".
Declan watched and waited to see what the relevant authorities would say.
The President of the District Court issued guidelines which helped, but he needed more.
When Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan gave further clarification, he said the two statements resolved the situation.
For two-and-a-half weeks he did not see his son.
Declan said he was lucky in the support network he had around him but he is concerned for other fathers.
"I'm sure there are fathers out there who haven't seen their kids since all this began, I've no doubt about it.
"I'm sure there are mothers as well. I don't mean to be just picking out dads. I'm a dad myself so I'm thinking about it from that point of view. I'm sure it's on both sides, but undoubtedly more dads than mums are in that situation."
Linda has another view.
Her ex-partner stopped contact in the last few weeks and she says her son feels rejected.
"When you've a kid bawling on the couch for a couple of nights - they can't see their friends, they can't go to school, they can't see their grandparents, who they might depend on for that extra love or attention if they're being rejected - sometimes parents don't put aside their own situations to question how is my child feeling in this."
She said her ex-partner doesn't understand the need for consistency and she is frustrated with plans and allotted weekends being cancelled.
Yet she feels when it comes to the courts, she is the one forced to defend.
The responsibility of the law around access to a child falls with the primary carer, according to Linda.
"There are consequences regarding laws and imprisonment, there are no consequences for the father to take up access and that's what has happened in my situation."
She says communication has broken down because there has been no access to the court, which she says is how her ex-partner communicates.
"It's very hard to adhere to access, when the person is using it in a controlled manner, regardless of how much they love their child."
She says these kinds of behaviours are not discussed within the courts system because the court is looking out for the best interests of the child while trying to keep a family unit supported.
"That's sometimes very hard to upkeep, when there are behaviours there that are not conducive to the best practice of parenting and they're very hard to prove because they're psychological," she says.
Declan also found the courts system difficult.
He felt it was heavily weighted towards the mother.
"I feel like it discriminates against good dads, who are really trying their best, who want to be involved in their children's lives, who want to do the best for their children."
Declan felt he was on the "back foot" in trying to achieve what he believed was the best for his son - balance of time with both parents.
He turned to Treoir, which he describes as "a fantastic" resource.
It is a national specialist information service, which provides information free of charge to parents who are not married to each other and to those involved with them.
Since the Covid-19 restrictions came into place, the phones have been constantly ringing.
Treoir CEO Damien Peelo said they have "had all sorts of calls" to the information service looking for guidance on what to do.
"We've had issues where children have gone on their court order access or custody visit and parents have held on to the child but because they've said they've to cocoon due to suspected coronavirus for 14 days; the mother couldn't come and collect the child."
One of the biggest issues has been lone parents who are the sole carers.
They are worried for themselves, if they get sick or end up in hospital.
Treoir is encouraging people in this situation to appoint a temporary guardian.
They can fill out a nomination form, which is available on the organisation's website, and have it witnessed.
If a lone parent ends up in hospital, the person appointed to be the guardian has to go to court to get it activated.
Treoir has called on the District Court to include temporary guardianship as one of its latest emergency provisions.
