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ZS against TS (Court of Session) [2026] CSOH 27 (24 March 2026)
A Scottish court refused a father's contact application after finding the younger child's objections to contact were genuinely held and not the result of improper influence.
S against B (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCALL 44 (04 February 2026)
A Scottish sheriff refused a mother's application to relocate her 5-year-old child to Canada, holding the move would imperil the child’s close relationship with her father and family.
SG against EK and ELK (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCKDY 45 (19 December 2025)y
A Scottish sheriff refused a grandmother’s contact action, holding that contact was not in the child’s best interests after serious risk and abuse concerns.
Angela Carson against Catherine Innes and others (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2026] SACCIV 6 (17 December 2025)
Appeal allowed in a child residence dispute after the sheriff used an incompetent hybrid procedure and failed to resolve key welfare issues.
SA against LT (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCPER 15 (04 November 2025)
Sheriff McKay refused contact between a father and his two sons, declined to deprive him of parental rights, and refused to change the children’s surname.
G for the adoption application in respect of "Mary" (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCAIR 71 (18 September 2025)
The sheriff granted G’s adoption petition for Mary, dispensed with the natural parents’ consent, ordered annual letterbox contact, and ended the compulsory supervision order.
SJP against KAP and another (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2025] SACCIV 30 (04 September 2025)
The Sheriff Appeal Court refused an appeal about residence and contact orders, holding the sheriff had properly applied the child welfare test and her discretion was not plainly wrong.
X against Z (Sheriff Court Civil) [2025] SCHAM 2 (28 May 2025)
The sheriff granted supervised contact between a father and his daughter, awarded residence to the mother, and declined interdict, applying the child welfare test.
Appeal in the cause JM against KB and EH (Sheriff Appeal Court Civil) [2024] SACCIV 36 (01 August 2024)
The Sheriff Appeal Court held that the appeal was incompetent because the child had turned 16, so the residence and contact orders sought could no longer be granted.
S v M [2024] ScotSAC Civ 1 (05 Janurary 2024)
The Sheriff Appeal Court dismissed an appeal over a child's residence and contact, holding that the sheriff correctly applied the welfare test under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
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