Residence Order
Residence Order
A residence order establishes with whom a child will live. You will also have parental responsibility for the child concerned if the court grants a residence order in your favour. You will be allowed to take the child out of the country for up to twenty eight days at a time. Without anybody else’s consent. This can be a most distressing area for all parties and our experience and practical assistance is invaluable in ensuring appropriate residence and contact rights are granted whilst maintaining the best interests of the child/children. A residence order settles with whom the child lives and not to whom the child belongs. It also provides parental responsibility to the holder of the order for the lifetime of the order. The residence order usually lasts until the child turns 16 years of age unless due to exceptional circumstances there is justifiable reason that the order be extended beyond the child’s 16 th birthday. It is possible to grant a Residence order to more than one individual. In this case, the specific period of stay with each of the holder is specified by the courts.
You can apply for a residence order if you are
- Child’s Parent or guardian;
- Married step parent of the child where the child lived with the step parent as a child of the family;
- A person with whom the child lived for a period of at least 3 years.
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