A mother who has vanished with her young son to avoid a custody ruling.
Click below to read what HHJ Wildblood QC
said in court on 8th June 2015
https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/judgment_of_8th_June_2015.pdf
"Ethan has now been missing for 11 days. The solution to any grievance that the mother and her family might feel does not lie in the mother going into hiding. The court made orders following full investigations and the orders that the Judge made were supported by three strong professional bodies – the Local Authority children’s services, the child’s guardian and the eminent psychiatrist, Dr Berelowitz. If the mother wished to oppose the father’s application on 27th May or to substantiate her allegations she should have attended court; there is no doubt that she knew of the court hearing. Further, if the mother had any valid basis for challenging the orders of the District Judge, she could have sought permission to appeal. She did not do so."
Click below to read what HHJ Wildblood QC
said in court on 8th June 2015
https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/judgment_of_8th_June_2015.pdf
"Ethan has now been missing for 11 days. The solution to any grievance that the mother and her family might feel does not lie in the mother going into hiding. The court made orders following full investigations and the orders that the Judge made were supported by three strong professional bodies – the Local Authority children’s services, the child’s guardian and the eminent psychiatrist, Dr Berelowitz. If the mother wished to oppose the father’s application on 27th May or to substantiate her allegations she should have attended court; there is no doubt that she knew of the court hearing. Further, if the mother had any valid basis for challenging the orders of the District Judge, she could have sought permission to appeal. She did not do so."