Family weekly highlights—15 May 2025

Table of contents

• Practice and procedure
• Family Justice Council 11th open meeting
• Registration of Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Registration Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
• Private children
• Parental order (Mr and Mrs K v Mr and Mrs Z)
• Extension of transparency order (RC v FP)
• Costs
• Costs in private law children cases (RC v FP (No. 2: Costs))
• International children
• Return order (Re Z (A Child))

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Family weekly highlights includes details of the Family Justice Council’s 11th open meeting and the Registration of Marriages and Civil Partnerships (Registration Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025, SI 2025/569. The Court of Appeal’s analysis of findings made by the Family Court in the course of proceedings in which the father sought an order for the return of his child to Egypt is considered. Recent judgments, including parental orders, extension of a transparency order and costs in private law children cases are included.