Family Court judgments 2013
16 January 2013
Judge: Jennifer Roberts
Mother accused father of child sexual abuse. Father accused mother of parental alienation.
25 April 2013
Judge: Michael Keehan
Transfer of residence ordered after the mother made false allegations against the father and paternal uncle.
[2013] IEHC 638 - Republic of Ireland
21 June 2013
Judge: Michael White
Judge found that the father had used sex chat lines and pornography and drank to excess but ruled that the allegations of child sexual abuse could not be proven, so awarded joint custody.
31 July 2013
Judges: Lloyd, Beatson, Ernest Ryder
Father claimed to be a victim of parental alienation. His appeal was dismissed.
Re A (Intractable Contact Dispute: Human Rights Violations) [2013] EWHC 2305 (Fam)
31 July 2013
Judge: Stephen Cobb
Same sex parents.
Experts: Mark Berelowitz, Hamish Cameron, Karen Woodall of the Family Separation Clinic
Preceded by [2011] EWHC 3431 (Fam) with judge Mark Hedley.
Succeeded by [2013] EWHC 4150 and [2014] EWHC 818.
6 September 2013
Judges: Richard Aikens, Andrew McFarlane, Michael Briggs
Expert: Kirk Weir
This led to [2014] EWHC Civ 4836.
M (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1147
20 September 2013
Judges: Andrew Longmore, Nicholas Underhill, Julia Macur
Reported by John Bolch on Family Lore.
Re G (A Child: Intractable Contact) [2013] EWHC B16 (Fam)
20 September 2013
Judge: Clifford Bellamy
23 December 2013
Judge: Laura Harris
Forced transfer of residence by police early on Christmas morning.
Children pulled from their mother on Christmas Day, Telegraph
Lucy Reed’s Pink Tape blog