Prohibited Steps and Specific Issues Orders A Prohibited Steps Order enables a Court to place a specific prohibition upon the exercise of parent’s parental responsibility. The Order could be used, to prevent removal of the child from the country, removal of the child...
The Family Court no longer make what used to be known as residence orders. Decisions as to with whom a child is to live will be made by way of an all embracing child arrangements order. This has the same purpose of ‘settling the arrangements … as to the...
The law dealing with resolving disputes between parents over their children is almost entirely contained within the Children Act 1989. The thread running throughout the Act is that when a court is asked to decide a matter concerning children, the child’s welfare will...
Moving away with children It can be devastating if your ex or former partner intends to move away and take your children with them. When a family breaks up the parent with whom the children live will sometimes wish to move away and relocate with the children miles...
How persuasive will the wishes of a child be to a judge who must decide between conflicting wished of the parents. An application by a parent for a child arrangements order or other Children Act order will very often involve a difficult balancing act by the court. It...
Can a parent be prevented from making an application for the court to decide issues relating to their children and restricted from making further applications? It is a basic principle of UK law and a fundamental freedom that everybody should have the right of...
