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IJ v KL [2026] EWFC 45 (B) (13 February 2026)
The Family Court refused a mother’s bid to permanently relocate her 10-year-old daughter to Spain and ordered the child to live with her father in the UK.
SA v JR [2025] EWFC 279 (B) (26 August 2025)
The Family Court refused a mother’s application to relocate a child to Dubai, finding the move would harm the child’s relationship with his father and paternal family.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a father’s challenge to permission allowing the mother to relocate the children to the UAE, despite domestic abuse findings and weak UAE enforcement.
The Family Court allowed the mother to relocate three children to European Country 1, ordered supervised contact for the father, and made protective orders under section 91(14) and the Family Law Act.
WX v YZ (International Relocation: Supervised Contact) [2024] EWFC 430 (B) (18 March 2025)
A family court granted a mother permission to relocate with three children to European Country 1, kept supervised contact for the father, and imposed protective orders.
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead v The Mother & Ors [2025] EWFC 82 (B) (27 February 2025)
Family Court decision refusing a mother’s application to withhold from the father information about her illness, treatment and proposed relocation with the children.
Q Relocation to Australia (Permission Refused, Re) [2024] EWFC 222 (B) (21 February 2024)
The court refused the mother’s application to relocate two children to Australia, finding the father-child relationship was not yet secure enough to survive the move.
T, H & E, In the Matter Of (Re Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 - Children Act 1989) [2023] EWFC 297 (B) (28 April 2023)
The Family Court refused the father’s relocation application and ordered three children to return to live with their mother in England.
D v S (international Relocation) [2020] EWFC B78 (17 December 2021)
It is in L's welfare interests for S to be granted permission to relocate to France. The court found a strong association between L's emotional stability and his mother's wellbeing, which would be compromised if relocation were refused. The mother's plans for relocation are genuine, robust, and not designed to frustrate the father's relationship with L. The court was not persuaded by the father's allegations against the maternal family. The evidence showed both parents are competent and loving, but the mother's emotional and financial stability would be significantly improved in France, which…
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WS v KL [2020] EWHC 2548 (Fam) (25 September 2020)
The High Court allowed a father's appeal against a child relocation order to Hong Kong, finding the judge failed to compare the realistic welfare options and address proportionality.
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