12 Oct 2007
M J L AND N BY THEIR LITIGATION GUARDIAN VANESSA JANE VETTE V L AND ANOR HC AK CIV 2007-404-001936
- Citation
- openlaw-029dbd48_dfe9_4918_a068_aab5b7e0c660.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The High Court held the Family Court judge acted within his discretion: he properly applied the Care of Children Act principles, took the children's views into account but properly limited their weight in light of strong alignment with the mother and the court-appointed psychologist's report, and acted to minimise the risk of younger children becoming alienated from their father; accordingly the orders were confirmed except that inclusion of M in the orders and the condition preventing the mother attending extracurricular activities were overturned as unsupportable or unnecessary.