The parents had separated, but the children lived with the father. The mother had sought contact. The father was said to have poisoned the minds of the children against the mother, who now appealed an interim order which made no provision for contact.
Held: It would clearly be in the long term interests of the children to have contact with a loving mother. An interim order which did nothing to address that by making some provision was clearly wrong. The views of the now teenage children would normally be respected but in this case their unwillingness had been caused by the father and should be disregarded.
Judges:
Ward LJ, Baker LJ
Citations:
Times 28-Jun-2005
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Children
Updated: 29 May 2022; Ref: scu.227955