Re L and B (CHILDREN)
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Re L and B (CHILDREN)[2016] EWHC 849 (Fam) is a British Family Court (Exeter) case that was decided on 5 April 2016 by Mrs Justice Roberts.[1]
The children in this case are two boys, aged 6 and 4. They have a 34-year-old English mother and a 36-year-old Algerian Muslim father. The parental relationship has broken down. This case addresses the arrangement for the care of the two boys.
Non-therapeutic ritual circumcision of the two boys is a major issue in this case, because the father wants to take the boys to Algeria to be circumcised in accordance with Islamic tradition. The mother, on the other hand, wants to defer any circumcision until the boys can decide for themselves.
The Court heard testimony on the medical and religious aspects of non-therapeutic child circumcision.
The Court considered these matters at length in a 37-page opinion and order. The Court provided a history of British circumcision jurisprudence, including the recent case of Re B and G (Children)(No 2) [2015] EWFC 3, [2015] 1 FLR 905 in which Sir James Munby ruled that male circumcision caused “significant harm”, and from which the Court quoted extensively.
External links
(2016). British court: Circumcision choice should be left until children old enough to decide for themselves
, http://www.circinfo.org, Circumcision Information Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
References
- ↑ Roberts, Mrs.Justice (5 April 2015).
Re L and B (Children) (Specific Issues: Temporary Leave to Remove From the Jurisdiction; Circumcision)
, https://www.bailii.org, British and Irish Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 28 December 2020.