Child Arrangements Orders
Commons · Question 33616 · 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, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of legal mechanisms available to victims of (a) coercive control and (b) other abuse when family courts do not enforce child custody arrangements.
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...