International child relocation without consent
When a couple with children experience relationship difficulties and decide to separate it can often…
October 24, 2019 By Sarah Bell
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Changes to child arrangements & contact orders – 1 year on
Practice Direction PD12J (Changes to Child Arrangements & Contact Orders: Domestic Abuse and Harm) came…
June 19, 2019 By Amanda Dawe
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Habitual Residence
A brief stay in another country is unlikely to be sufficient to establish habitual residence…
May 24, 2019 By Kai Whicker
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Private Law Children Act Proceedings – Jargon Busting
Whether you are the applicant or find yourself as a respondent in private law Children…
April 23, 2019 By Libby Lovell
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The Family Justice System: A Priority Set
In the same week that the Court computer system experienced significant difficulties the President of…
February 5, 2019 By Andrew Lobb
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International relocation and child custody
When relationships end it is often not straightforward to agree the arrangements for the children…
January 2, 2019 By Ed Bidder
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Retrospective leave to remove a child from the UK
If a parent decides that they want to move with their child away –…
October 19, 2016 By Bill Wilkins
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Case study: international child abduction appeal
In the judgment given on 3 February 2016, the Supreme Court allowed the appeal by…
April 1, 2016 By Stephens Scown
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Child arrangements – we’re all going on, a summer holiday?
With summer holidays now upon us, many families will be booking or leaving for sunnier…
July 31, 2015 By Ed Bidder
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Child abduction – habitual residence
If an application is made to the English Family Court concerning a child then the…
July 7, 2015 By Bill Wilkins
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Relocation – which court has jurisdiction?
If a parent takes a child out of the country unbeknown to the other parent…
June 22, 2015 By Bill Wilkins