''D v D'' 0011 FLR 495 was a

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case determining the criteria necessary in disputes regarding

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in the

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. The father was granted shared residence. It was held amongst other things that

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will not normally be ordered in a contact and residence case unless the non-resident parent has behaved extraordinarily unreasonably. It is perfectly normal and proper for an NRP to seek that the children should seek to spend time with their father. A more recent shared residence case concerning parental hostility is '' A Father and a Mother v Their Two Children (B and C)'' (2004) EWHC 142 FAM.

References

* http://www.familieslink.co.uk/pages/law_ukcases_dvd.htm English family case law Court of Appeal (England and Wales) cases 2001 in case law 2001 in England Divorce law in the United Kingdom 2001 in British law {{England-law-stub