M v F

The Applicant, F, represented by: Ms Caplan, Counsel, instructed by Atif Abbas of MCR Solicitors

The First Respondent, M, represented by: Ms Joanna Lucas, Counsel, instructed by Eleanor Wood of Lawrence Stephens Solicitors

    This is a final hearing to determine arrangements for A following findings that I made at a Fact-Finding Hearing (FFH) conducted in March this year.� I adopt my judgment and findings from that hearing for the purposes of this final hearing.

    The full background is as set out in my previous judgment.� Since the FFH, CAFCASS completed an addendum final section 7 report dated 28 th May 2025 (E241-E254), filed an update from A's school dated 28 th May 2025 (E255-E257), and the parties each filed statements in response to the recommendations in the CAFCASS final report (M dated 10 th June 2025 C156-C162, F dated 17 th June 2025 C163-C184).

�          a child arrangements order for A to live with M;