When a couple with a child are no longer living together, the court sometimes has to decide whether one of them, usually the mother, should be allowed to move abroad taking the child with her. A recent case in the Court of Appeal placed renewed emphasis on the welfare of the child and warned that guidance given by the Court of Appeal in a previous case should not be followed slavishly - the earlier guidance had led to a lot of 'relocation' applications being granted.
The recent case involve...
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