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Law Reports - Parental Responsibility - Children Act 1989 - private law

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Case summary

Title

Reference

Abduction - Declaration of wrongful removal - Unmarried father seeking parental responsibility order Re J (Abduction: Declaration of Wrongful Removal) [1999] 2 F.L.R. 653
Child abduction - Unmarried fathers - Rights of custody Practice Note: Hague Convention: Applications by Fathers without Parental Responsibility [1998] 1 F.L.R. 491
Child support - Mother's cohabitant granted parental responsibility in respect of two children but later denying paternity - Mother applying for maintenance assessment under Child Support Act 1991, s 26 R v Secretary of State for Social Security, Ex parte West [1999] 1 F.L.R. 1233
Children - Issue of passport in best interests - Adult with parental responsibility refusing to sign GUIDANCE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE (UK PASSPORT APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN IN THE ABSENCE OF THE SIGNATURE OF A PERSON WITH PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) (21 JANUARY 2004) [2004] 1 F.L.R. 746
Contact - Child in need of constant medical attention - Whether court justified in denying contact Contact Re C and V (Contact and Parental Responsibility) [1998] 1 F.L.R. 392
Contact - Direct contact - Mother's hostility, intransigence and opposition to father's contact application Parental responsibility RE G (PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDER) [Court of Appeal] [2006] 2 F.L.R. 1092
Contact - Parental responsibility - Father sustaining serious brain injuries M v M (Parental Responsibility) [1999] 2 F.L.R. 737
Contact - Parental responsibility - History of abusive criticism of mother by father's family RE M (CONTACT: PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) [Family Division] [2001] 2 F.L.R. 342
Contact - Parental responsibility - Parents separating Re L (Contact: Transsexual Applicant) [1995] 2 F.L.R. 438
Contact - Unmarried father's application for parental responsibility order dismissed - Father applying for contact with child Re T (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility: Contact) [1993] 2 F.L.R. 450
Evidence - Interview - Parental responsibility Re M (Care: Leave to Interview Child) [1995] 1 F.L.R. 825
Indirect contact - Domestic violence - Harassment RE J-S (CONTACT: PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) [Court of Appeal] [2003] 1 F.L.R. 399
Joint residence order - Parental responsibility - Acquisition of parental responsibility by same-sex partner RE G (RESIDENCE: SAME-SEX PARTNER) [Court of Appeal] [2005] 2 F.L.R. 957
Judicial review - Parental responsibility - Parental responsibility order made by consent in favour of Mr S R v Secretary of State for Social Security ex parte W [1999] 2 F.L.R. 604
Jurisdiction - Brussels II - Seisin C v FC (BRUSSELS II: FREE-STANDING APPLICATION FOR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) [Family Division] [2004] 1 F.L.R. 317
Parental responsibility - Application for change of surname - Must be supported by written consent of all persons with parental responsibility Practice Direction Child: Change of Surname [1995] 1 F.L.R. 458
Parental responsibility - Application for parental responsibility order - Criteria for making Re G (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility Order) [1994] 1 F.L.R. 504
Parental responsibility - Application for parental responsibility order - Father serving long sentences of imprisonment Re P (Parental Responsibility) [1997] 2 F.L.R. 722
Parental responsibility - Change of name - Unmarried parents Re C (Change of Surname) [1998] 2 F.L.R. 656
Parental responsibility - Child of unmarried parents - Child born after end of parents' relationship Re J (Parental Responsibility) [1999] 1 F.L.R. 784
Parental responsibility - Child of unmarried parents - Father leaving household but maintaining contact with child Re S (Parental Responsibility) [1995] 2 F.L.R. 648
Parental responsibility - Contact - Father applying to court for contact and parental responsibility orders Re H (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility) [1993] 1 F.L.R. 484
Parental responsibility - Contact - Principles to be applied in granting order to father who had shown commitment to child Re E (Parental Responsibility: Blood Tests) [1995] 1 F.L.R. 392
Parental responsibility - Education - Father having custody, care and control of son arranging for him to go to local education authority boarding-school without informing mother Re G (Parental Responsibility: Education) [1994] 2 F.L.R. 964
Parental responsibility - Father not paying child maintenance - Father's application for parental responsibility Re H (Parental Responsibility: Maintenance) [1996] 1 F.L.R. 867
Parental responsibility - Father's inappropriate motivation justified court's refusal to make order Re P (Parental Responsibility) [1998] 2 F.L.R. 96
Parental responsibility - IVF treatment - Sperm donation RE D (PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY: IVF BABY) [Court of appeal] [2001] 1 F.L.R. 972
Parental responsibility - Jurisdiction - Child born and resident abroad Re S (Parental Responsibility: Jurisdiction) [1998] 2 F.L.R. 921
Parental responsibility - Legitimate children not of mature years - No residence order Re PC (Change of Surname) [1997] 2 F.L.R. 730
Parental responsibility - Parental responsibility agreement made between unmarried parents - Child suffering non-accidental injuries at hands of father Re P (Terminating Parental Responsibility) [1995] 1 F.L.R. 1048
Parental responsibility - Unmarried father - Application for parental responsibility order Re P (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility Order) [1994] 1 F.L.R. 578
Parental responsibility - Unmarried father applying for parental responsibility order - Father having injured child Re H (Parental Responsibility) [1998] 1 F.L.R. 855
Parental responsibility order - Unmarried parents - Child living with mother taken into care and placed temporarily with father Re CB (A Minor) (Parental Responsibility Order) [1993] 1 F.L.R. 920
Procedure - Parental responsibility order - Contact order H v L AND R [FD] [2007] 2 F.L.R. 162
Residence - Shared residence order - Residence order made in husband's favour giving him parental responsibility over child who was not his son Re H (Shared Residence: Parental Responsibility) [1995] 2 F.L.R. 883
Residence - Shared residence order under s 11(4) of Children Act 1989 not appropriate solely to give applicant (even someone who looked after children believing himself to be father) parental responsibility - Removal from jurisdiction Re WB (Residence Orders) [1995] 2 F.L.R. 1023

Last updated - 17 Jan 2008 - 36 items


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