Written questions

Child Arrangements Orders

Commons · Question 33614 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Simon Opher

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department plans to review (a) the requirement to pay fees to initiate legal action when child custody court orders are breached and (b) other financial barriers to enforcing those orders.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 3 Mar 2025

A Child Arrangement Order may be made by the family court to specify whom a child should live with, spend time with or otherwise have contact with.If the court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a person has failed to comply with a Child Arrangemen...