AB v BB
The risk posed by the father to DB remains too high for unsupervised contact due to repeated viewing of prohibited child sexual abuse images, lack of insight, and failure to act on safeguarding work; unsupervised contact for CB is permitted due to his age, protective work, and ability to safeguard himself.
- Parties
- Applicant: AB; Respondent: BB
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 07 May 2026
- Procedural Posture
- Family / Final Judgment
- Outcome
- Partially granted
- Legal Topics
- Child Arrangements, Risk Assessment, Contact Orders, Child Sexual Abuse Imagery, Expert Evidence, Welfare Checklist
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Parties
AB
Applicant
BB
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Family / Final Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the father poses a risk to the children, particularly DB, sufficient to restrict unsupervised contact
- 2 Appropriate form of contact between father and children given risk assessment
- 3 Weight to be given to expert evidence and polygraph results
Ratio Decidendi
The risk posed by the father to DB remains too high for unsupervised contact due to repeated viewing of prohibited child sexual abuse images, lack of insight, and failure to act on safeguarding work; unsupervised contact for CB is permitted due to his age, protective work, and ability to safeguard himself.
Court Disposition
Partially granted
Orders
- Children to live with mother.
- Supervised contact between father and both children once a week, supervised by maternal grandmother.
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