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ZA and BC (Children: Summary Return Order to Dubai), Re [2026] EWHC 1230 (Fam) (01 April 2026)
The High Court ordered two children returned to Dubai, finding low risk from alleged domestic abuse and geopolitical concerns, and greater harm in severing their relationship with their father.
The court found that the Father engaged in a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviour, including financial and emotional abuse, supported by covert recordings, police and safeguarding records, and the Mother’s credible evidence. This behaviour adversely affected the Mother’s mental health and parenting capacity, and posed a risk of emotional harm to H. The Mother’s relocation plan to South Africa, with robust contact arrangements and enforceability safeguards, best secures H’s welfare by providing stable, supported care and reducing exposure to conflict. The interference with the Father’…
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H (A Boy, Aged 2 Years and 4 Months), In the Matter Of [2026] EWFC 43 (B) (06 February 2026)
The court found coercive and controlling behaviour by the father and granted the mother permission to relocate with the child to South Africa, with contact safeguards.
The risks of failing to prioritise S's emotional needs are greater than the risks arising from the disruption of relocation. The mother is better equipped to meet S's emotional needs, and S's long-term welfare is best served by moving to live with her in France, provided the transition is properly planned and educational arrangements are secured.
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Y v E (Reasons for Departing from Cafcass Recommendation) [2025] EWHC 2437 (Fam) (30 September 2025)
The High Court dismissed a father’s appeal over child arrangements, holding the recorder gave clear reasons for departing from Cafcass and properly weighed the children’s wishes.
AA v BB & Anor [2025] EWHC 3557 (Fam) (23 September 2025)
Appeal concerning interim child arrangements, expert directions, and related case management in a family case. The court allowed the appeal on contact arrangements and dismissed the cross-appeal.
X's welfare can only be safeguarded by a final lives with order in favour of the father and indefinite supervised contact for the mother due to high risk of abduction, emotional harm, neglect, and mother's unaddressed mental health and drug use. Section 91(14) order is necessary to prevent further litigation causing harm to X. Mother's relocation application is dismissed due to lack of evidence and risk factors.
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Children: Parental Responsibility [2025] EWFC 462 (29 August 2025)
The court determined child arrangements and parental responsibility issues after a disputed parentage case, removing M2’s PR for RF and AF and granting F PR.
The mother failed to prove the allegation of inappropriate behaviour on 13 October 2023, which was found to be false. The father was found to have communicated in a demeaning and disrespectful manner and engaged in financially controlling behaviour on at least one occasion, but his conduct did not amount to coercive or controlling behaviour as defined by law. The mother’s unilateral decisions regarding relocation and nursery enrollment were inappropriate given the father’s equal parental responsibility. The welfare of P required permitting the mother to relocate and enrol P in a nursery in th…
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A (A Child) (Fact Finding Hearing), Re [2025] EWFC 280 (B) (22 August 2025)
Fact-finding judgment in child arrangements proceedings: the court found repeated domestic abuse by S against B, but no neglect by B or abuse by the PGM proved.
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