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Specific issue and prohibited steps orders

When parents cannot agree a single important decision about a child, the Family Court can make a specific issue or prohibited steps order.

• Children Act
• specific issue
• prohibited steps

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

What is a prohibited steps order?

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