T and U -v- S (Family)

There are applications concerning three children: Archie, Charlotte and Lily. Their mother is S and father T . The parties were married but divorced in 2013. The mother does not live with the children who reside with the father, his partner U, and her 7 year old daughter Olivia.

The father is applying with U for a shared residence application, and if not granted to them, for a sole residence order. He also applies for leave to remove the children from Jersey to Guernsey. The mother applies for a shared residence order with the father, having applied for a contact order with the children.

A guardian for the JFCAS service was appointed for the children, and the children's advocate was Advocate Heath.

A bundle was provided, and a supplemental bundle provided by the mother. The bundle includes affidavits by the father, mother and U, a position statement and skeleton argument from the mother, and a joint position and skeleton argument from the father and U. Three reports from JFCAS were in the bundle, the guardian's latest report of the 9 th July, 2014, and reports of the 19 th October, 2012, and 31 st December, 2013.

In January 2012 the mother applied for contact, and interim contact with Lily in the presence of a family member was ordered in February 2012.