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- Mother's applications for 1) termination of the father's parental responsibility in respect of one the children; 2) permission to change the forename and surnames of both children; 3) the making of a s.91(14) order preventing the father from making any application in respect of the children without permission of the court first being obtained, were all allowed. Judgment, 12/10/2018, free
- Judgment concerning, among other things, the mother's application to be able to rename her children without reference to the father, who lives in Iran, and to restrict the father's parental responsibility. Judgment, 12/12/2017, free
- Mother's application to change the 2 children's surnames and terminate Father's parental responsibility for them was granted. Judgment, 15/09/2016, free
- Mother applied for orders including a child arrangements order (that the children live with her and that there is no contact ordered with Father), a specific issue order (that the children are to be known by different names), a prohibited steps order and a s91 (14) order (restricting Father from making further applications to the court). Judgment, 28/07/2016, free
- Order for indirect contact made in respect of the father of twin boys after his behaviour, which included publication on his blog of various personal details concerning the boys and their mother, was described as severely damaging to the welfare of the children. The judge also allowed the mother to change the boys' surname in an effort to ensure that the boys were not identified in the blog post. Judgment, 06/11/2014, free
Latest know-how
- In a tweet: Father convicted of raping daughter has parental responsibility terminated Case note, 10/10/2016, members only
- In a tweet: High Court guidance on radicalisation in private children law proceedings Case note, 21/09/2016, members only
- How the Home Office handles applications to change names on official documents Practice note, 31/08/2016, free
- A case involving the change of a child's name. Case note, 27/09/2013, members only
- Application to appeal an order which reduced F's contact from supervised contact to indirect contact, and against a decision that there should be no order on the application for a change of name. Case note, 15/08/2013, members only
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