Where contested residence proceedings were bewteen natural, and other potential families, the presumption in favour of the natural parents was such as to require the court not to conduct the balancing exercise. The existence of grounds for concern at returning the child to a natural parent did not affect this.
Citations:
Times 17-Jun-1999, [1999] 1 FLR 134
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Cited – CG v CW and Another (Children) CA 6-Apr-2006
A lesbian couple had split up and disputed the care of the children. An order had been made but then, in breach of that order, one removed the children overnight to Cornwall. An argument was made that the court had failed to give proper weight to . .
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Updated: 08 April 2022; Ref: scu.81821