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CT against DT (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCAIR 3 (18 November 2025)
A Scottish sheriff granted the mother residence of three children, refused direct contact to the father because of proven abuse, and allowed limited email contact.
AB against CD (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCFAL 39 (12 November 2025)
The court granted residence to the defender, refused contact with the pursuer, and allowed the defender to take the children abroad without consent.
AB against CD (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCFAL 103 (31 October 2025)
Residence and contact dispute: the court granted residence to the defender, refused contact to the pursuer, and allowed holiday travel without consent.
CO against TL (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 20 (17 July 2025)
Appeal refused in a child residence and relocation dispute. The court upheld orders allowing the child to live with the father in Denmark and rejected errors of law and fact.
M AGAINST A [2024] ScotCS CSOH_38 (28 March 2024)
The court granted the mother residence of two children, refused the father's relocation request to Qatar, and set contact and holiday arrangements.
Donaldson v Arabia or Donaldson & Ors [2014] ScotCS CSIH_88 (28 October 2014)
The Inner House held that a sheriff’s relocation and contact interlocutor was final, and refused an appeal seeking to reopen the child relocation dispute.
NOTE (No 2) BY SHERIFF GEORGE JAMIESON IN THE FAMILY ACTION G O T v K J K [2014] ScotSC 82 (05 August 2014)
The sheriff held that section 41(3) of the Family Law Act 1986 did not apply, so the Scottish court retained jurisdiction over a residence order application.
SILVIA DONALDSON v. JOHN DONALDSON & FIONA MCKINNON [2014] ScotSC 56 (20 March 2014)
The sheriff principal refused a late appeal in a child residence and contact case, holding the earlier interlocutor was final and the delay was unexplained.
L v. L (AP) [2013] ScotSC 46 (19 July 2013)
Sheriff Court decision on child residence and relocation. The court ordered the children to reside with the pursuer in Edinburgh and refused relocation to Torquay.
AB v BB [2011] ScotCS CSOH_198 (02 December 2011)
Court of Session family case on expenses, legal aid modification, curator ad litem fees, and indirect contact after residence and contact orders were resolved.
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