Case No. EWFC-92

6.The parties are unmarried. They had an on/off relationship which ended when the child was born. The father’s case is that he was a hands-on father, with extensive contact including staying contact, regular contact with the child’s school and he submits that the child was with him for the majority of the time. He was not named on the birth certificate. 7.In or around December 2020, the mother made an allegation to her GP that the father had inappropriately touched the child. She informed the father that he may not be the biological father and that she was moving away. The father states that this coincided with him requesting Parental Responsibility. The last time father saw the child was January 2021, when the mother suddenly relocating to the Manchester Area.8.The father’s original applications were for disclosure of the mother’s whereabouts, for a Child Arrangements Order, a Prohibited Steps Order a Specific Issue Order and for a Declaration of Parentage, issued at Medway Family Court on 16 April 2021. A without notice Prohibited Steps Order was made on 26 April preventing the mother from removing the child from the jurisdiction and the matter was transferred to Canterbury FPC and listed for a FHDRA on 28 July 2021; adjourned to 8 September before a District Judge as the mother failed to attend and on the grounds of potential complexity.