29 Dec 2020
Joint custody with equal shared care and control on a seven-to-seven bi-weekly basis is in the children's best interests; the court accepted the Social Welfare Officer's and Clinical Psychologist's recommendations, found the interim parallel parenting arrangement was working, and concluded that sole custody would create imbalance and likely increase parental conflict to the detriment of the children.
20 Jan 2012
Given the parties’ entrenched disagreements and the children’s needs (particularly C’s developmental issues), custody was vested solely in the mother to provide clear ultimate decision‑making while imposing an obligation to consult the father; practical shared care/time‑sharing arrangements (echoing parallel parenting) were ordered with detailed schedules and a medical decision in favour of medication for C was directed nisi (mother may implement Epilim subject to six‑week challenge period).
30 Oct 2009
Leave to relocate was granted subject to conditions because the court accepted the mother’s application as genuine and her UK proposals as realistic, but required a delay to further cement the father‑child relationship, mandatory parental and child therapy, a parallel‑parenting course, a UK mirror order and resolution of ancillary relief; joint custody was ordered with care and control to the mother and defined access to the father.