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Domestic abuse and child arrangements

How the Family Court approaches child arrangements where domestic abuse is alleged or proven, including Practice Direction 12J.

• domestic abuse
• PD 12J
• child arrangements

What is a FHDRA?

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

Child arrangements orders in England and Wales — what are they and what is involved?

Child arrangements orders are a key tool in resolving disputes regarding children. Learn what they are, who needs them and how they work. When the Children and Families Act came into force in 2014, the Act introduced us