(Family Division, Cobb J, 12 December 2017)
Private law children – Parental responsibility – Change of name – Domestic violence – Father failed to participate in proceedings
Orders were made including permitting the mother to change the names of the children and a prohibited steps order against the father.
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Case No: FD16P00143
Neutral Citation Number: [2017] EWHC 3250 (Fam)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 12/12/2017
Before :
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBB
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Re B and C (Change of Names: Parental Responsibility: Evidence)
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Dr. Rob George (instructed by Bindmans) for the mother
The father was neither present nor represented
Ms Penny Logan (Cafcass Legal) for the Children’s Guardian
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Judgment
Judgment: Re B and Another (Changes of Names Parental Responsibility Evidence) [2017] EWHC 3250 (Fam).rtf
