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The Court of Appeal allowed a local authority appeal, substituting a placement order for a care order and directing sibling contact to preserve family ties.
Given the identified risks—CF's unresolved pornography addiction and impulsivity, the risk of X developing false beliefs about past abuse, delay in re-establishing the father-child relationship, and CM's entrenched beliefs—the court determined that direct contact should not be ordered until all parties have completed recommended therapeutic interventions and their success is evidenced. Indirect contact is to continue, and a specific issue order is made for X to engage in therapy. The proceedings are concluded to avoid further delay, with the possibility of review after therapy completion.
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The High Court ordered Z’s return to Egypt only if a DSA and Egyptian court order are secured and the father pays 100,000 EGP in advance; otherwise Z stays in England.
A & B (Children), Re [2026] EWFC 57 (B) (03 March 2026)
The court refused the mother’s application for the children to live with her, found her allegations against the father unproven, and ordered the children to remain with their father with indirect contact only.
The court found that the great aunt and uncle had failed to support N's relationship with her mother, leading to emotional harm and alienation. The original agreement was for N to return to her mother after her studies, and the mother is able to meet N's needs. Delay would entrench harm and make reunification more difficult. The paramount interests of N require an immediate transfer to her mother's care and relocation to Latvia, with indirect and then direct contact with the great aunt and uncle.
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The welfare of the children requires that C be returned to England to live with the mother so that both children can be together in the care of the more capable and trustworthy parent. The father's conduct, including dishonesty, breach of court orders, financial abuse, and manipulation of the child, undermines any confidence in his proposed safeguards or in the children living with him in Egypt. The mother's refusal to return to Egypt is reasonable given the lack of enforceable protections. The best interests of the children are served by their reunification in England with the mother.
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N (a child), Re [2025] EWFC 482 (10 December 2025)
The court ordered that N live with her mother and relocate to Latvia, finding the great aunt and uncle had not supported the mother-child relationship.
C, D, E and F, Re (ACA s51A: contact order after adoption) [2025] EWFC 436 (B) (08 December 2025)
The Family Court made a post-adoption sibling contact order under ACA 2002 s51A, requiring twice-yearly direct contact between four adopted siblings placed separately.
A v B [2025] EWHC 3370 (Fam) (08 December 2025)
The High Court ordered C returned from Egypt to England to live with the mother, refused D’s return to Egypt, and rejected reliance on the father’s proposed soft-landing scheme.
W v W [2025] EWFC 452 (05 December 2025)
Family Court appeal concerning permission for section 8 Children Act proceedings. Permission and appeal on one child were allowed, but the substantive applications were dismissed.
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