T v T (Joint Residence) [2010] EWCA Civ 1366

Children: Three’s a crowd?

Richard Adams finds that the welfare of the child remains paramount even in cases involving ‘alternative families’ ‘There has been little consensus in the courts as to how to define and treat the various adults involved in the conception and care of children born to “alternative families”.’ Few will have missed the recent coverage in …

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Shared Residence: Fair shares

David Hodson recounts the history of shared residence orders and considers future developments ‘Shared residence means equality of parenting in the eyes of the children, the eyes of the law and the eyes of third parties with whom parents have dealings.’In the beginning, or at least in the 1980s, three dinosaurs roamed the post-parental separation …

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Children: Sharing parenting

Helen Cort examines how the concepts of parental responsibility and shared residence orders are being applied to increasingly diverse family units ‘It is not incumbent upon a judge to make findings on every issue presented for determination during a hearing, but rather simply those factual issues that have implications for the decisions to be taken.’ …

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