The old “Residence” and “Contact” orders have been replaced by the Child Arrangements Order.
This is a change in emphasis to encourage parents to focus on the arrangements that are made for their children rather than the label given to it.
Child Arrangements Orders are defined as an order regulating arrangements relating to any of the following:
- With whom a child is to live, spend time with or otherwise have contact
- When a child is to live, spend time or otherwise have contact with any person.
The two main issues that parents will encounter are therefore still the question of where a child will live or reside and then the time they will spend with the parent that they do not live with.
Child vaccinations and what happens when the parents disagree
All child vaccinations in the UK are voluntary and therefore parental consent must be given prior to the vaccination.
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Why children come first in a divorce
During a break up, being fair and civilised to each other is often the best you can hope for, but when there are children involved emotions need to be set aside.