Results: 28

• S (B D) v S (D J) (Children: Care and Control)

  21 Oct 1975 [1977] Fam 109; [1977] 2 WLR 44; [1977] 1 All ER 656, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  MINOR — Custody — Paramount interest of child
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  MINOR — Custody — Paramount interest of child — Unimpeachable father of young children — Mother committing adultery — Marriage to older man — Moving to mid-Wales — Whether justice of case material consideration

  2 Case(s) considered
• In re F (Infants) (Adoption Order: Validity)

  30 Dec 1976 [1977] Fam 165; [1977] 2 WLR 488; [1977] 2 All ER 777, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 13.
  ADOPTION — Order — Validity
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  ADOPTION — Order — Validity — Application by proposed adopters as married couple — Marriage void — Whether adoption orders nullities — Whether orders void or voidable — Adoption Act 1958, s 1 (2)

  5 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• K v K (Divorce Costs: Interest)

  03 Mar 1976 [1976] Fam 279; [1976] 3 WLR 201; [1976] 2 All ER 774, Fam D

  02 Nov 1976 [1977] Fam 39; [1977] 2 WLR 55; [1977] 1 All ER 576, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 18.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Costs

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — County court
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Costs — Interest — Husband ordered to pay wife's costs of ancillary proceedings — Taxation of costs — Whether interest payable from date of order — Judgments Act 1838, ss 17, 18 — Matrimonial Causes (Costs) Rules 1971, r 8 (1)

  LAW REFORM — Whether necessary — County court — Interest on judgment debts and costs

  7 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Rodewald v Rodewald

  16 Nov 1976 [1977] Fam 192; [1977] 2 WLR 191; [1977] 2 All ER 609; 75 LGR 280, CA

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Financial position

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Transfer of property
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Financial position — Factors to be considered — Periodical payments to be calculated on basis of parties' actual gross incomes — Children's contribution to household expenses — Whether to be taken into account

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Transfer of property — Council tenancy — Husband tenant — Wife's application for transfer of tenancy — Husband granted custody of son — Whether proper to adjourn application until son's 16th birthday

  2 Case(s) considered

• In re K (Minors) (Children: Care and Control)

  02 Nov 1976 [1977] Fam 179; [1977] 2 WLR 33; [1977] 1 All ER 647, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  MINOR — Custody — Paramount interest of child
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  MINOR — Custody — Paramount interest of child — Unimpeachable father — Minister of religion — Mother admitting adultery and intending to leave father — Mother applying for custody of young children — Father making them wards of court — Whether justice to be done as between parents — Welfare of children paramount consideration — Guardianship of Minors Act 1971, s 1

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re St Ann’s, Kew

  15 Sep 1975 [1977] Fam 12; [1976] 3 WLR 301; [1976] 1 All ER 461, Const Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 6.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Burial ground
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Burial ground — Erection of building adjoining church on disused burial ground — Building to be used as choir vestry, meeting place after services Sunday school and for mid-week gathering — Whether building for “purpose of enlarging church” — Disused Burial Grounds Act 1884, s 3

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re S (Infants) (Adoption by Parent)

  18 Feb 1977 [1977] Fam 173; [1977] 2 WLR 919; [1977] 3 All ER 671, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  ADOPTION — Adoption order — Application by parent and step-parent
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  ADOPTION — Adoption order — Application by parent and step-parent — Child of family of parent and step-parent — Situation of child under adoption to be compared with existing situation — Whether custody order more appropriate than adoption order — Children Act 1975, s 10 (3)

  1 Statute considered

• In re Bigger, decd

  21 Jan 1977 [1977] Fam 203; [1977] 2 WLR 773; [1977] 2 All ER 644, Fam D

  PROBATE — Administration, grant of — Corporation
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  PROBATE — Administration, grant of — Corporation — Bank of Ireland appointed executor of testatrix domiciled in Republic of Ireland — Assets in England — Bank's application for grant of probate — Republic member state of EEC — Public Trustee Rules 1912, r 30 (as amended by Public Trustee (Custodian Trustee) Rules 1975, r 2)

  1 Case considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• D v B (orse D) (Surname: Birth Registration)

  13 Dec 1976 [1977] Fam 145; [1977] 2 WLR 1011; [1977] 3 All ER 751, Fam D

  25 May 1978 [1979] Fam 38; [1978] 3 WLR 573; [1979] 1 All ER 92, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  MINOR — Custody — Change of surname
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  MINOR — Custody — Change of surname — Mother changing surname by deed poll prior to birth — Mother registering birth in new surname without father's consent — Order to execute fresh deed poll and to amend register — Principles applicable to use of father's surname by child brought up in another household

  3 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• In re P (An Infant) (Adoption: Parental Consent)

  27 Jul 1976 [1977] Fam 25; [1976] 3 WLR 924; [1977] 1 All ER 182, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 4.
  ADOPTION — Consent of parent — Dispensing with
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  ADOPTION — Consent of parent — Dispensing with — Welfare of child — Whether “first consideration” — Whether parent unreasonably withholding consent to adoption — Principles applicable — Adoption Act 1958, s 5 (1) (b) — Children Act 1975, s 3

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  2 Statutes considered