A child arrangements order (or CAO), is a legal order made by the family court that states where a child will live, and/ or, who a child can spend time with and for how long. What to do if your child’s parent breaches the child arrangements...
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Leave
Leave means ‘permission’. Some steps in legal action require the permission of the Court.
Legal Aid / Public Funding
State funded assistance towards legal fees for those on lower incomes.
Litigant in person
A person who starts or defends a case without legal representation. Such a person is entitled to be accompanied by another person who may advise them, but may not address the Court.
Litigation friend
A person who conducts legal proceedings on behalf of a child or a mentally incapacitated person.
Lodging
The process of filing (delivering) documents to a Court.