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Tickets, passport, money – all checked and packed, but have you got permission from your ex-partner to take your children on holiday? If you have family and friends who live outside of England and Wales, naturally you may want the children to spend time with them during school holidays. However, if you are the parent […]
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Where one parent poisons their child against the other this is known as parental alienation, the ultimate aim of which is to persuade the child to permanently exclude that parent from their life. In the case of Re H-B (2015) His Honour Judge Wildblood held the following view: “where two parents share parental responsibility, it […]
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With Christmas fast approaching, it is a period when people wish to travel abroad to see family. It is important to note that when both parties have parental responsibility for a child the other parent’s consent must be obtained prior to taking the child out of the jurisdiction of England & Wales. If consent is […]
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Arrangements for children have historically been referred to as Custody or Residence for the primary carer and Visitation or Contact for the other parent. There was a shift in the law and this terminology was considered not to be in the best interests of the children and now the Courts will make what is known […]
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