Family Law Week: Emoni v Atabo [2020] EWHC 3322 (Fam)
Emoni v Atabo [2020] EWHC 3322 (Fam) Application by a father against a mother for a finding of contempt of court, relating to a child removed to Nigeria. This matter concerns an application by the father ('F') against the mother ('M') for a finding that M is in contempt of court in relation to four court orders. The parties are the parents of NE, a girl, aged 11. Firstly, Mrs Justice Lieven DBE had to decide whether to proceed in M's absence despite this being a committal application. The judge considered Sanchez v Pawell Obaz and Jolant Obaz [2015] EWHC 235 (Fam) finding that M had been pr...