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Family law [2013] ScotCS CSOH_79

HJM v LS

HJM v LS [2013] ScotCS CSOH_79 (28 May 2013)

The court largely maintained a child contact order, allowing only a limited change to the contact period and allocating travel costs to the petitioner for a time.

  • Child contact
  • Variation of contact orders
  • Cross-border enforcement
  • Competence of proceedings
  • Child-contact
  • Variation-of-orders
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Family law [2009] ScotSC 63

N.J.D.B. v. J.E.G. & JOHN NOEL JAMES ANDREW

N.J.D.B. v. J.E.G. & JOHN NOEL JAMES ANDREW [2009] ScotSC 63 (22 January 2009)

In a contact variation proof, the sheriff refused to warn the defender against self-incrimination for contempt and allowed cross-examination to continue.

  • Variation of contact orders
  • Contempt of court
  • Privilege against self-incrimination
  • Procedural fairness
  • Child-contact
  • Contempt-of-court
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Family law [2006] ScotSC 60

MAS v. VD & Anor

MAS v. VD & Anor [2006] ScotSC 60 (01 June 2006)

The sheriff held that Scottish courts lacked jurisdiction to vary contact and parental responsibility orders after the child moved to England.

  • Jurisdiction in parental responsibility cases
  • Variation of contact orders
  • Prorogation of jurisdiction
  • Habitual residence of child
  • Change of child's surname
  • Family-law
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