In re A (A Child) (Supervised contact) (Section 91(14) Children Act 1989 orders)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Residence order — Application to vary — Residence order providing for child to live with father — Court ordering supervised contact with mother — Mother seeking to apply to vary orders — Mother historically making repeated applications and sending numerous e-mails to court — Mother making repeated unfounded allegations against father to several professional bodies — Whether applications by mother should be restricted — Whether such restriction coupled with supervised contact placing impermissible fetter on movement towards unsupervised contact — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 91(14)

[2021] EWCA Civ 1749; [2022] 4 WLR 25; [2022] 1 FLR 1019; [2022] 1 FCR 337; [2021] WLR(D) 598, CA