FC v MC
It is in D’s best interests for FC to have parental responsibility and for there to be a shared care/lives with order, given FC’s commitment, attachment, and motivation, and the positive relationship between FC and D.
- Parties
- Applicant: FC; Respondent: MC; Second Respondent: DC (a minor acting by his rule 16.4 guardian Karen Brown)
- Jurisdiction
- England and Wales
- Judgment Date
- 29 January 2021
- Procedural Posture
- Family / Judgment
- Outcome
- Application granted
- Legal Topics
- Parental Responsibility, Child Arrangements, Same Sex Parenting, Children Act 1989
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Parties
FC
Applicant
MC
Respondent
DC (a minor acting by his rule 16.4 guardian Karen Brown)
Second Respondent
Procedural Posture
Family / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether FC should be granted parental responsibility for D
- 2 Whether a shared care/lives with order should be made
Ratio Decidendi
It is in D’s best interests for FC to have parental responsibility and for there to be a shared care/lives with order, given FC’s commitment, attachment, and motivation, and the positive relationship between FC and D.
Court Disposition
Application granted
Orders
- Joint lives with/shared care order made granting parental responsibility to FC
- Contact to build up to two nights every second weekend and two nights during the week on alternate weeks
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