B v A

                  This case concerns X ("the child"), a seven year old little girl [redacted]. Her mother is A ("the mother") and her father is B ("the father").

                  The parties met in 2004 and married in 2009. The mother said that during their relationship, she suffered serious emotional and physical abuse from the father such that she ended the marriage in 2018. The father attributed the breakdown in the marriage to the parties growing apart and not loving each other anymore. He also blamed financial pressures as the mother was not working.

                  After the marriage ended, the mother remained in the family home. The father stayed in the summer house in the garden, the mother in the main house.

                  There was a short period when the mother left to stay with her own mother although she returned to the family home with the child after a month. The mother finally moved out in late 2019 when the parties each purchased their own accommodation. They also reached an agreement regarding their finances which was approved that year by the court.

                  Arrangements for the father to spend time with the child were agreed through mediation after the parties separated.