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When parents cannot agree a single important decision about a child, the Family Court can make a specific issue or prohibited steps order.
This is usually the first hearing within proceedings which have been brought in the Family Court under the Children Act 1989. Proceedings may have been brought for a Child Arrangements Order, a Prohibited Steps Order, an
A prohibited steps order is a court order that is used to prevent someone, (most likely a parent), from taking certain action or exercising some elements of their parental responsibility without the other parent’s consen