Child Law Solicitors In Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Orders the court can make are as follows:

Child Arrangements Orders (formerly residence and contact)

These are orders’ the court can make to determine with whom the child/children should live and provisions for the other parent to spend time with the child/children. Child Arrangements Orders are not just limited to parents and in certain circumstances non-parents such as grand- parents or step parents can be granted these orders.

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Specific issue orders and prohibited steps orders:

Specific issue orders are those made where the parties dispute certain issues about a child’s life such as their schooling or religious orientation and health matters. The parties can make an application to court for the court to decide those issues. Prohibited steps orders prohibit a party from taking certain steps in relation to a child, the most common step being the removal of the child from the country. The court can also prohibit a party from re-locating with a child to a different part of the country in certain circumstances.

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Parental Responsibility- what is this and what does it mean?

All mothers and most fathers have rights and responsibilities for their children as a parent. This involves the right to make or be included in the making of decisions concerning the child/children or their property. This is called parental responsibility. All mothers have automatic parental responsibility and so does a father who is named on the child’s birth certificate. A father who is not named on the birth certificate may apply to the court for a parental responsibility order.

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Areas We Cover

Based in Southend-on-Sea, we cover the local area of Essex which includes Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea, Benfleet, Hadleigh, Rayleigh, Rochford, Wickford, Shoeburyness, Thorpe Bay, Chelmsford, Brentwood, Basildon, Billericay, Colchester, Braintree and much more.

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