A Grandmother and A Mother and A Father and in the matter of MA (A male child aged 9 years)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | McFarland J |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] NIFam 35 |
| Court | Family Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 28 October 2022 |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NIFam 35
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McF11974
ICOS: 20/012119
Delivered: 28/10/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
OFFICE OF CARE AND PROTECTION
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Between:
A GRANDMOTHER
Appellant
-v-
A MOTHER
and
A FATHER
Respondents
IN THE MATTER OF MA (A MALE CHILD AGED 9 YEARS)
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Ms J Gilkenson BL (instructed by SRM Legal solicitors) for the Grandmother
Ms L Brown BL (instructed by Kelly Corr solicitors) for the Mother
The father did not appear
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McFARLAND J
Introduction
[1] This is an appeal by the grandmother against a decision of Her Honour
Judge McCaffrey (“Judge McCaffrey”) on 23 June 2022 at Londonderry Family Care
Centre. The grandmother’s application for a defined contact order in respect of her
grandson, who I will call MA, was dismissed without prejudice.
[2] This ruling has been anonymised to protect the identity of the child. I have
used the cipher MA for the child. These are not his initials. Nothing can be
published that would identify MA without leave of the court.
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