Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales Family Court

Date: 01/30/2017

Subject: The decision of the England and Wales Family Court which upheld a transgender father’s right to appeal a decision by the Court of First Instance, which had rejected the father’s appeal to have direct contact with his children, who live with their mother in an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community

Parties: J v B (Ultra-Orthodox Judaism: Transgender)

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 9 Right to found a family - Art. 10 Freedom of religion - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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