... is to live, to allow the child to visit or stay with the person named in the order, or for that person and the child otherwise to have contact with each other'.2 As with all issues directly concerning the child's upbringing, the controlling principle in deciding the grant of contact order is the paramountcy of the child's welfare.3 Furthermore, the principle applies regardless of whether the child's parents are married to each other.4 The Law Commission considered that contact was generally beneficial to children, and encourages it.5 Occasionally, the residential parent will object contact between non-residential parent with the child. This is when the issue of contact emerges and the court step in to intervene while balancing the interests of all parties concerned. A contact order is necessary where a mutual agreement cannot be reached and the carer is restricting or preventing contact, or where the child's welfare demands the control ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now