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In private law Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) proceedings, a ChA 1989, s 7 report was filed by Cafcass. At the first hearing dispute resolution appointment, one party did not agree with the section 7 report recommendations and requested the listing of a final contested hearing. The judge refused the request and made a final child arrangements order under ChA 1989, s 8. On what basis can a judge refuse to list a final hearing?
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Where a respondent to a divorce makes an application on Form D11 for an order dismissing the divorce application on the basis that the respondent claims that the parties have reconciled and the applicant opposes that application and wishes to proceed with an application for a conditional order, how will the court approach the applications?
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In financial remedy proceedings, will the court make a lump sum order against a party who has taken money from a child’s bank account for their own use?
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Where a financial order contains provision for the parties to have joint conduct of the sale of a property, does the conveyancer need permission from both parties to distribute the proceeds of sale, where there is provision in the order for the proceeds to be distributed?
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An order was made by consent that included provision for child maintenance until the child attained the age of 18 and thereafter for maintenance to be paid directly to the child until they finished tertiary education. When the child turned 18, the paying parent made an application to the Child Maintenance Service for a calculation and ceased payments under the terms of the order. The child is now 19 and about to start university. Could an application be made to enforce the maintenance order and if so by whom? Alternatively, could the court make a school fees order in relation to a 19-year-old at university?
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Advocates' meeting

A advocates' meeting has a specific meaning in public law children proceedings and is a meeting between the parties' advocates, and, where applicable, a litigant in person, with the primary purpose of identifing and narrowing issues.

Intake session

The first meeting between the mediator(s) and the parties, usually approximately 30 minutes long, that may be dealt with by way of a joint meeting or individual meetings—the intake session enables both the parties and the mediator to ascertain whether mediation will be a suitable process for the parties.

Paying parent

A term used in relation to both private children proceedings and regarding statutory child support in relation to the parent with whom a child does not primarily live (also 'non-resident parent' or 'absent parent').

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