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The Upper Tribunal allowed the appeal in a child support case, set aside the First-tier Tribunal’s decision for legal error, and remitted the matter for a fresh hearing.
CD v EF [2026] EWFC 13 (B) (09 January 2026)
The Family Court varied a child arrangements order, replacing a shift-rotas-based pattern with week-on/week-off shared care and revised summer holidays.
Given the father's ongoing lack of insight into his controlling and coercive behaviour, the risk of emotional harm to the mother and children, and the evidence that the children's wishes for equal shared care were heavily influenced by the father, it is not in the children's best interests to make a shared care (equal time) order. The children will live with the mother and spend time with the father on alternate weekends and Thursday evenings, with a section 91(14) bar imposed to prevent further litigation for two years.
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The mother unreasonably breached contact orders without reasonable excuse, causing emotional harm to A by frustrating her relationship with her father. The child's welfare requires a shared care order with a conditional transfer of residence if further breaches occur. The mother is to bear the costs of missed contact sessions and the father will hold A's passport to prevent unilateral relocation.
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The High Court refused the mother’s application to relocate H to Dubai and ordered that H remain living in England with her father.
A shared care arrangement with equal division of time between both parents is in the children's best interests, to commence fully from September 2025, with holiday and international travel arrangements as specified. Delay or phased implementation is not justified given the children's resilience, prior progression, and the need to reduce conflict and instability. Recital regarding mutual childcare is not imposed; Father is to complete the Triple P parenting course.
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The court found that both children’s wishes were clear and genuinely expressed in favour of increased time with their father and remaining in London. The proposed adjustment to a 7/7 shared care model and selection of London-based schools best met the children’s welfare needs, educational requirements, and maintained stability. The mother’s shifting positions undermined her opposition to increased paternal time. The father’s proposed schools were found to be more suitable, especially for S’s SEN needs, and logistically preferable.
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X v Y [2025] EWFC 243 (B) (10 July 2025)
The Central Family Court refused the mother’s internal relocation application, ordered a joint lives-with arrangement, increased the father’s time, and determined school placements.
The Father v The Mother [2025] EWFC 323 (B) (04 July 2025)
The court ordered shared care for two children, with equal time between parents, summer holiday arrangements, permission to travel to Spain, and completion of a parenting course.
A v B [2025] EWFC 329 (B) (12 June 2025)
The court resolved disputed child arrangements in favour of a shared-care style order, rejecting allegations of abduction and finding the mother had misled the court.
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