The application
4.By Form C100 dated 4 February 2022, B’s mother has applied for a Specific Issue Order under s8 of the Children Act 1989 authorising her:i)To accept a French inheritance on B’s behalf; andii)To enter into a valid contract for sale of a French property on B’s behalf.5.B, who is of an age where his views command profound respect, has stated in unequivocal terms that he supports the application. B’s adult sister, who is a respondent to the application, has also stated that she agrees to it.
- Approved Judgment
- Introduction
- Re AC (A Child) [2020] EWFC 90.
- The application
- The background
- The 1996 Hague Convention
- Re AC
- responsibility
- duties
- the child’s own name
- in his or her own name
- Hays v Hays
- Re AC
- Hays v Hays [2015] EWHC 3825 (Ch)
- or disposal
- South Down Trustees Ltd v GH [2018] EWHC 1064 (Ch).
- Re AC.
- Procedural points
- must
- Hays v Hays
- Re Shanavazi