Family Law · The Family Court (B cases)
B v B
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Facts
The parties, referred to as the father and the mother, met in 2017 and married in West Africa on 6 April 2018, both living in the UK by 2019. Their twins, X and B, were born on 30 October 2019, and their younger brother U was born on 10 March 2023. The family was known to Greenwich Children's Services from March 2022 following referrals arising from an argument and a report of domestic abuse, and Newham Children's Services later carried out a single assessment after a referral from a school; both cases were closed with no further action. The father had direct contact with the children on 16 September 2023, the last occasion on which he spent time with them, and the mother says the relationship ended on 23 September 2023. On 24 April 2024 the father applied for a child arrangements order and a specific issue order, and on 25 May 2024 the mother applied for a non-molestation order, a final order being made at an on-notice hearing on 2 July. Hearings before justices followed, and after a Cafcass section 7 report dated 7 July 2025 recommended fact-finding, Deputy District Judge Piccos ordered a fact-finding hearing on 5 August 2025. In February 2026 the mother moved with the children to Scotland.
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