Family Court judgments 2013 

[2013] EWHC 4611

16 January 2013

Judge: Jennifer Roberts

Mother accused father of child sexual abuse. Father accused mother of parental alienation. The judge died on 10 June 2024.

[2013] EWHC 2275 (Fam)

25 April 2013

Judge: Michael Keehan

Transfer of residence ordered after the mother made false allegations against the father and paternal uncle.

[2013] IEHC 638 - Republic of Ireland

21 June 2013

Judge: Michael White

Judge found that the father had used sex chat lines and pornography and drank to excess but ruled that the allegations of child sexual abuse could not be proven, so awarded joint custody.

[2013] EWCA Civ 969

31 July 2013

Judges: Lloyd, Beatson, Ernest Ryder

Father claimed to be a victim of parental alienation. His appeal was dismissed.

Re A (Intractable Contact Dispute: Human Rights Violations) [2013] EWHC 2305 (Fam)

31 July 2013

Judge: Stephen Cobb

Same sex parents.

Experts: Mark Berelowitz, Hamish Cameron, Karen Woodall of the Family Separation Clinic

Preceded by [2011] EWHC 3431 (Fam) with judge Mark Hedley.

Succeeded by [2013] EWHC 4150 and [2014] EWHC 818.

Re A (A Child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1004

6 September 2013

Judges: Richard Aikens, Andrew McFarlane, Michael Briggs

Expert: Kirk Weir

This led to [2014] EWHC Civ 4836.

M (Children) [2013] EWCA Civ 1147

20 September 2013

Judges: Andrew Longmore, Nicholas Underhill, Julia Macur

Family Law Week

Reported by John Bolch on Family Lore.

Re G (A Child: Intractable Contact) [2013] EWHC B16 (Fam)

20 September 2013

Judge: Clifford Bellamy

[2013] EWHC B33 (Fam)

23 December 2013

Judge: Laura Harris

Forced transfer of residence by police early on Christmas morning.

Children pulled from their mother on Christmas Day, Telegraph

Daily Mail

Lucy Reed’s Pink Tape blog