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Family law [2026] JRC 019

X v Y (Family) (Royal Court : Hearing

X v Y (Family) (Royal Court : Hearing (Civil) : Wright : Family) [2026] JRC 019 (16 January 2026)

The Jersey Royal Court found allegations that the father posed a risk of sexual, physical, or emotional harm were unproven and ordered interim contact to resume.

  • Child custody
  • Summary return of children
  • Allegations of abuse
  • Welfare of the child
  • Jurisdictional issues
  • Child-custody
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Family law [2024] JRC 073

Z v Y (Family)

Z v Y (Family) [2024] JRC 073 (02 April 2024)

The Royal Court granted the mother a residence order, refused the father’s joint residence bid, and left contact to be arranged with social care support.

  • Residence order
  • Contact order
  • Child welfare
  • Supervised contact
  • Emotional harm
  • Parental responsibility
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Family law [2023] JRC 040

In the matter of AA (Secure Accommodation Order)

In the matter of AA (Secure Accommodation Order) [2023] JRC 040 (13 March 2023)

The Jersey Royal Court granted a secure accommodation order for AA for eight days, finding statutory criteria met but limiting the order to the shortest appropriate period.

  • Secure accommodation
  • Child welfare
  • Care orders
  • Best interests of the child
  • Secure-accommodation
  • Child-welfare
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Family law [2022] JRC 136

In the matter of BB (Freed for Adoption)

In the matter of BB (Freed for Adoption) [2022] JRC 136 (24 May 2022)

The Royal Court of Jersey freed BB for adoption after finding the mother’s informed consent valid and no likely father claim within six months.

  • Adoption
  • Parental responsibility
  • Consent to adoption
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Consent-to-adoption
  • Family-law
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Family law [2022] JRC 105

In the matter of CC (Recovery Order)

In the matter of CC (Recovery Order) [2022] JRC 105 (10 May 2022)

The Jersey Royal Court dismissed a recovery order application after the child had already returned to care, holding Article 45 did not support an order for future recoveries.

  • Recovery orders
  • Care orders
  • Jurisdiction
  • Children's rights
  • Use of force in child recovery
  • Recovery-orders
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Family law [2021] JRC 214

N v M (Family)

N v M (Family) [2021] JRC 214 (19 August 2021)

The Royal Court discharged an interim injunction preventing a parent from taking a child out of Jersey, finding material non-disclosure and no basis to reimpose it.

  • Interim injunctions
  • Residence orders
  • Holiday travel with child
  • Full and frank disclosure
  • Ex parte vs inter partes applications
  • Family-law
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Family law [2021] JRC 120

F v E

F v E (Matrimonial) 31-Mar-2021 [2021] JRC 120 (31 March 2021)

In a child-vaccination dispute, the court held that G should receive the MMR and flu vaccines. It found no reliable evidence of a specific medical contraindication.

  • Vaccination of children
  • Specific issues order
  • Welfare of the child
  • Medical evidence in family proceedings
  • Child-vaccination
  • Specific-issues-order
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Family law [2020] JRC 187

In the matter of EE (Freed for Adoption)

In the matter of EE (Freed for Adoption) [2020] JRC 187 (21 September 2020)

The court made a final care order and freed a four-month-old child for adoption, finding the care threshold met and either valid consent or grounds to dispense with it.

  • Care orders
  • Adoption
  • Parental consent
  • Dispensation of consent
  • Child welfare
  • Family-law
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Child law [2019] JRC 137

Minister for Health and Social Services v the Attorney General

Minister for Health and Social Services v the Attorney General [2019] JRC 137 (18 July 2019)

The court held that the Minister’s statutory duty to accommodate a looked-after child did not make the Minister a guardian for compensation-order purposes, so the order was set aside.

  • Compensation orders
  • Definition of guardian
  • Parental responsibility
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Compensation-orders
  • Guardian-status
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Family law

U v V (Family)

The Royal Court granted leave for the Mother to relocate with the Children to Country 3, ordered a paternity test, and left the maintenance and contact orders in place.

  • Relocation
  • Education
  • Paternity testing
  • Maintenance
  • Contact
  • Welfare of children
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