A Mother and A Father and in the matter of RO a male child aged 18 months
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | McFarland J |
| Neutral Citation | [2023] NIFam 11 |
| Date | 28 July 2023 |
| Court | Family Division (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2023] NIFam 11
Judgment: approved by the court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McF12234
ICOS No: 22/107345
Delivered: 28/07/2023
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
OFFICE OF CARE AND PROTECTION
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A MOTHER
Applicant
and
A FATHER
Respondent
IN THE MATTER OF ‘RO’ A MALE CHILD AGED 18 MONTHS
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Ms Brown (instructed by Millar McCall Wylie Solicitors) for the Mother
The Father did not appear at the final hearing
Ms Rice (instructed by the Official Solicitor) represented the interests of the child
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McFARLAND J
Introduction
[1] On 28 July 2023 I gave a short ex tempore judgment in respect of an 18 month
old boy. I indicated that a fuller written judgment would be issued, and this is that
judgment. I have anonymised the judgment to protect the child’s identity. The
randomly chosen cipher ‘RO’ has been used. Nothing can be published that will
lead to his identification.
Background
[2] The mother is from Northern Ireland and the father is from a Middle Eastern
country (which I will call ‘MEC’). They met through social media in or around April
2020 and the mother travelled to MEC to meet the father in person in January 2021.
They underwent a Muslim religious marriage ceremony in April 2021. There were
tentative plans for the couple to settle in the United Kingdom, but the father’s
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