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Family law

X (the Father) v W (the Mother)

The Royal Court refused direct contact between a father and his school-age daughter, ordering indirect contact to continue because forced contact risked emotional harm.

  • Child contact
  • Child welfare
  • Indirect contact
  • Child’s wishes and feelings
  • Change of name
  • Child-contact
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Family law [2021] JRC 331

Between v Q

Between v Q [2021] JRC 331 (09 November 2021)

The Royal Court ordered continued contact between the applicant and both children, including alternate weekends and midweek overnight contact, and refused a residence order.

  • Child contact
  • Parental responsibility
  • Residence order
  • Welfare of the child
  • Child-contact
  • Parental-responsibility
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Family law [2020] JRC 141

Q v R (Family)

Q v R (Family) [2020] JRC 141 (21 July 2020)

The Royal Court refused a father’s requests for direct contact, parental responsibility, and birth certificate re-registration, but allowed limited indirect contact.

  • Parental responsibility
  • Child contact
  • Birth certificate registration
  • Alcohol misuse
  • Child welfare
  • Family-law
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Family law [2019] JRC 237

J v K (Family)

J v K (Family) [2019] JRC 237 (10 December 2019)

The Royal Court reduced and restructured a father's contact with his child because of chronic alcohol misuse, ordering monthly Sunday contact with safeguards.

  • Child contact
  • Alcohol misuse
  • Welfare of the child
  • Variation of contact orders
  • Child-contact
  • Alcohol-misuse
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Family law

W -v- X (22 February 2017)

The Royal Court refused a father’s request for photographs of his child as indirect contact, finding that the child’s welfare and safety concerns outweighed the application.

  • Child contact
  • Indirect contact
  • Parental responsibility
  • Child welfare
  • Risk of abduction
  • Child-contact
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Family law [2015] JRC 190A

C -v- D (Family)

C -v- D (Family) [2015] JRC 190A (16 September 2015)

The Royal Court granted an unmarried father parental responsibility, finding his commitment to the child genuine and no sufficient risk of misuse, with protective conditions imposed.

  • Parental responsibility
  • Child contact
  • Welfare of the child
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Child-contact
  • Welfare-of-the-child
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Family law

In the matter of Freya (Child access)

The Royal Court made a final contact order for Freya to continue unsupervised contact with her father, rejecting the mother’s objections and keeping the interim arrangement.

  • Child contact
  • Parental access
  • Welfare of the child
  • No order principle
  • Child-contact
  • Parental-access
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Family law [2015] JRC 002

In the matter of Freya (Child access)

In the matter of Freya (Child access) [2015] JRC 002 (07 January 2015)

The court made a final contact order for a father to see Freya, finding that her welfare was best served by continuing contact despite the mother's objections.

  • Child contact
  • Welfare of the child
  • No order principle
  • Parental responsibility
  • Child-contact
  • Child-welfare
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Family law [2014] JRC 055A

Y -v- Z (Family)

Y -v- Z (Family) [2014] JRC 055A (03 March 2014)

The Royal Court allowed a father’s appeal, setting aside a final child-contact order made at a case review hearing without formal evidence and remitting the matter.

  • Child contact
  • Residence orders
  • Procedural fairness
  • Appeals
  • Consent orders
  • Child-contact
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Family law [2013] JRC 150A

C -v- D (Family)

C -v- D (Family) [2013] JRC 150A (30 July 2013)

The court refused the mother’s application for a fact-finding hearing and a psychological report, and granted the father parental responsibility subject to protective conditions.

  • Parental responsibility
  • Fact finding hearing
  • Child contact
  • Domestic violence
  • Child welfare
  • Parental-responsibility
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