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Family-law

TK v SD

The High Court held the children had become habitually resident in Kenya by mid-August 2025, so there was no wrongful retention and the mother’s return application failed.

  • Habitual-residence
  • 1996-hague-convention
  • Wrongful-retention
  • Jurisdiction
  • Child-arrangements
  • Domestic-abuse/coercive-control
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Family-law

M v F & Anor

The Family Court extended protective orders for a nearly 17-year-old child, maintained indirect contact only with the father, and imposed a section 91(14) restraint.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Prohibited-steps-order
  • Non-molestation-order
  • Section-91(14)-order
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Indirect-contact
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Family-law [2026] EWFC 106 (B)

M v F & Anor

M v F & Anor [2026] EWFC 106 (B) (13 May 2026)

The Family Court extended protective orders for a nearly 17-year-old child, continued indirect-only contact with the father, and made a section 91(14) order.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Prohibited-steps-order
  • Non-molestation-order
  • Section-91(14)-order
  • Welfare-checklist
  • Domestic-abuse
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Family-law

P (No 2): Welfare, Re

The Court of Appeal dismissed TP2’s welfare appeal in a family case about child arrangements, finding the trial judge’s assessment and contact regime were open to her.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Appeals-procedure
  • Family-law
  • Child-welfare
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Family-law [2026] EWCA Civ 571

P, Re (No 2: Welfare)

P, Re (No 2: Welfare) [2026] EWCA Civ 571 (12 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed a welfare appeal over child arrangements, holding the trial judge had carefully assessed future risk and family relationships.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Child-welfare
  • Family-law-appeal
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Family-law

AB v BB

Family court judgment on child arrangements after findings that the father repeatedly viewed prohibited child sexual abuse images, with differing contact orders for each child.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Risk-assessment
  • Contact-orders
  • Child-sexual-abuse-imagery
  • Expert-evidence
  • Welfare-checklist
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Family-law [2026] EWFC 111 (B)

AB v BB

AB v BB [2026] EWFC 111 (B) (07 May 2026)

Family court case about child arrangements where the father’s repeated viewing of prohibited child sexual abuse imagery led to supervised contact for DB and gradual unsupervised contact for CB.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Contact-orders
  • Risk-assessment
  • Child-sexual-abuse-material
  • Expert-evidence
  • Welfare-checklist
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Family-law

P & Q (Children) (Finding of Fact), Re

The court found the father had abused the mother and that the children’s reluctance to see him was not caused by maternal alienation.

  • Domestic-abuse
  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Parental-alienation
  • Contact-orders
  • Welfare-of-the-child
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Family-law [2026] EWFC 99 (B)

P & Q (Children), Re (Finding of Fact)

P & Q (Children), Re (Finding of Fact) [2026] EWFC 99 (B) (05 May 2026)

The court found the father committed domestic abuse, including verbal, emotional and controlling conduct, but rejected the father's allegation that the mother alienated the children.

  • Domestic-abuse
  • Child-arrangements
  • Prohibited-steps-orders
  • Parental-alienation
  • Fact-finding-hearings
  • Family-court
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Family-law

A Father v A Mother

In a Children Act fact-finding hearing, the court made findings on domestic abuse allegations, child exposure to cannabis, and a car fire, but rejected coercive control.

  • Domestic-abuse
  • Child-arrangements
  • Fact-finding
  • Coercive-and-controlling-behaviour
  • Drug-use
  • Verbal-abuse
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