making a clean break of it
The decisions and processes involved in emigrating are difficult
enough, but some families find it is made much more complex due to
the legal requirements for removing a child permanently from the
jurisdiction.
If both natural parents are emigrating with their children,
there is no requirement for the court to intervene or be involved
in any way. Judicial intervention only comes when one natural
parent is not going and, in that situation where the other parent
is taking the children with them, the formal consent of the other
is required.
In a recent article published in the emigrate website, Claire
Colbert from our Family team looks at the issues.
View
the article on emigrating with children in full.
