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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...