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Family-law [2022] JRC 206

F v G (Family)

F v G (Family) [2022] JRC 206 (03 October 2022)

The appeal was allowed after the court held that the Registrar gave undue weight to urgency and status quo, without sufficient inquiry into serious welfare allegations.

  • Child-abduction
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Status-quo-in-custody
  • Urgency-in-family-proceedings
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Child-welfare
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Family-law [2015] JRC 095

W -v- X (Family)

W -v- X (Family) [2015] JRC 095 (08 May 2015)

The Royal Court declined to appoint the paternal grandfather as guardian, but ordered the constitution of tutelles to protect two children’s property interests.

  • Guardianship
  • Tutelle
  • Jurisdiction
  • Child-abduction
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Estate-administration
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Family-law [2014] JRC 150

W -v- X (Family)

W -v- X (Family) [2014] JRC 150 (30 July 2014)

The Royal Court held it had jurisdiction to maintain ex parte residence and parental responsibility orders pending an urgent hearing on the children’s habitual residence.

  • Habitual-residence
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Ex-parte-orders
  • Jurisdiction
  • Child-abduction
  • Child-custody-jurisdiction
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Family-law [2010] JRC 153A

In the matter of FF

In the matter of FF [2010] JRC 153A (23 August 2010)

The court refused a residence application and allowed only indirect contact, citing ongoing abduction risk and the harmful impact of the earlier removal of the child to Italy.

  • Child-residence
  • Child-contact
  • Abduction
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Child-abduction
  • Family-law
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Family-law [2010] JRC 060A

In the matter of FF

In the matter of FF [2010] JRC 060A (23 March 2010)

The court found that the father removed the child from Jersey to Italy without the mother's consent and intended to keep her there, relying on the surrounding evidence and the letter he delivered.

  • Removal-of-child-from-jurisdiction
  • Hague-convention
  • Consent-of-parent
  • Contempt-of-court
  • Child-abduction
  • Parental-consent
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Family-law [2009] JRC 116

A v G

A v G [2009] JRC 116 (09 June 2009)

The Jersey Royal Court held the father in contempt for failing to return his child to Jersey and imposed eight weeks’ imprisonment, with an early review to encourage compliance.

  • Child-custody
  • International-child-abduction
  • Hague-convention
  • Contempt-proceedings
  • Sentencing-for-contempt
  • Contempt-of-court
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Family-law

E v W

E v W [2000] JLR_Note 49a (25 September 2000)

A Jersey family law note on whether a parent’s removal of a child can amount to abduction, with the report indexed under child abduction and parental rights.

  • Child-abduction
  • Parental-rights
  • Family-law
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