FRJ stage

Child Support

A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/63.html HHJ Vincent. Schedule 1 matter determined in light of the child’s needs and the strict remit of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the significant disparity between the parents’ respective economic positions and standards of living. Background The applicant M and

SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/57.html HHJ Hess. Schedule 1 application with a ‘more modest’ asset base regarding residence in a property subject to a mortgage and ‘top-up’ maintenance for a disabled child. Background The applicant mother was 37 years old and had paused a

C v D (No 2) (2007 Hague Convention) [2024] EWFC 36

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/36 MacDonald J underlines the limited circumstances in which the registration of a maintenance order pursuant to the Hague Convention 2007 may be appealed successfully. The judgment marks the latest, and hopefully final, saga in an epic of litigation spanning nine years, including

Y v Z [2024] EWFC 4

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/4.html Peel J’s determination of M’s Schedule 1 application against F, who is a member of a Middle Eastern royal family. M’s application for financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 concerned two children,

Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2023] EWFC 141

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/141 Cobb J. Effect of James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) – summary here – on top-up child maintenance previously agreed in Sch 1 proceedings. A long-running case, in which there is are previous reported judgments at [2016] EWHC 1964 (as MG v FG)

DT v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (CSM) [2023] UKUT 175 (AAC)

https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2023/175.html Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Rowland. Appeal against decision of First-tier Tribunal regarding the correct income figure upon which to base a Child Maintenance calculation. Appeal allowed. Legal framework * Decisions under the ‘2012 scheme’ are based on a payer’s

James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/844 Mostyn J. An appeal concerning the correct approach to the calculation of child maintenance liability in which Mostyn J adds to the ever-expanding repository of family law acronyms. The mother ('M') and father ('F') had married in