G v G [2021] UKSC 9
The parents lived together in South Africa and had a child in 2012. The child had always been habitually resident in South Africa. The parents separated in 2014. The child lived with the mother but had regular contact with the father. The mother identifies as lesbian. She alleged that after separating from the respondent and […]
SS v MCP Case C 603/20 PPU
The parents, both Indian citizens, lived together in the United Kingdom but were not married. In 2017 they had a child who is a British citizen. The father was named on the birth certificate and has parental responsibility of the child. In October 2018 the mother went to India with the child. After several months, […]
A (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 194
Procedural Matters There was no need to for the child to be joined as a party to proceedings as the CAFCASS officer had appropriate skills to make his voice heard. Furthermore, it was clear that the mother had placed emotional pressure on the child and so his instructions to the legal team may not represent […]
Z A and BY and in the matter of K (a minor) [2020] NIFam 9
The parents married in 2013 and had a child, K. The defendant is the biological mother of the child and the plaintiff is recognised as a parent on the birth certificate. The plaintiff is a Dutch national, the defendant from Northern Ireland. The relationship between the parents was characterised by domestic violence and both women […]
AX v CY [2020] EWHC 1599 (Fam)
IN v DK, N (a child) [2020] EWFC 35
Re P (Abduction: Child’s Objections) [2020] EWCA Civ 260
The mother and father are German nationals. They married in 2005 and had three children. The parents separated in 2012 and the children lived with the mother and had regular contact with the father. German social services became involved in 2014. Contact with the father stopped in 2015 and in 2016 he applied to the […]
Hague return case from Ukraine to the United Kingdom No 2-4237/12
The application related to a boy aged 6 months, born in the UK to a British father and a Ukrainian mother. The child lived in England with his parents until April 2012 and the parents had joint custody under British law. In April 2012 the parents travelled to Ukraine with the child to visit the […]
In the matter of C (Children) [2018] UKSC 8
The mother and father met and married in Australia. The mother was a British national and the father an Australian national. Their two children were born in 2012 and 2014, and during the latter stages of the mother’s maternity leave, the marriage was in difficulties. The father agreed the mother could travel to England with […]
FE v YE [2017] EWHC 2165 (Fam)
The parents married in June 1993 and have four children. The current application concerns two of the children, twins, aged 7. The family lived in Israel until June 2016, when the mother, the daughter and the twins went on holiday to Thailand. They did not return when booked to do so in July, 2016 and […]