‘It is well established that the court cannot legitimately circumvent this prohibition by making a capital award which rolls up expenditure which would ordinarily be met by a periodical payments order. …. Put another way, the court does not have jurisdiction to make an award to meet the quotidian expenses of living; to meet, if you like, the cost of one’s daily bread. It can only make an award for genuinely capital expenditure of a singular nature.’
‘When parents separate from toxic relationships it is common that there is a struggle for control. In this case, it seems that [the mother] has sought to control access to and time spent with [child C], perhaps due to feeling that [the father] was using money and accommodation as his own means of control.’
‘It is my view that in this case internal relocation is inherently unstable and not in [child C]’s best interests. [child C] is an anxious child currently settled in school. His relationship with his father has been tenuous since the separation. There is only a recent history of more settled contact arrangements. A move to [city X] could have long term consequences, in particular increased distance between [child C] and his father and perhaps future anger and resentment from [child C] towards his mother if the move is unsuccessful. Their lack of support network would mean that [child C] and his mother are very reliant on each other, possibly developing an increasingly intense and dependent relationship. I feel [child C] needs increased external relationships, particularly with positive male role models. If [child C] and [the mother’s] relationship becomes strained in adolescence it will be valuable to have [the father] and their network close by; currently [the mother] describes having a very active and supportive network of friends who helped her following separation from [the father] and during her move to [area of London A].’