Between
Applicant
and
Respondent
58. Taking the notes out of the English Form C1 we find –
Application for an order
Form C1
Children Act 1989 except care and supervision orders, Section 8 orders and orders related to enforcement of a contact order. If you are applying for a section 8 order &c Cafcass/CAFCASS CYMRU will carry out checks as it considers necessary. Cafcass - Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (in England); &c. .
The Court
To be completed by the court Date issued Case number
The full name(s) of the child(ren)
Child(ren)’s number(s)
.
59. The Form C1 in the Isle of Man (revised in September 2012) still sets up an adversarial dispute. Children and Young Persons Act 2001 Rules of the High Court (Family Proceedings) 2009 APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER Between Applicant and Respondent and (Any other parties)
60. There you have it, the Isle of Man Court considers ALL children matters as adversarial: and that is reflected by the General Registry listing as Holmes v Holmes: when I attempted to appeal a matter (in England) in the Court of Appeal in London, the court office referenced the matter as Re H (Children). 61. Section 2 of the Form C1 I was given in 2004 referred to “residence orders”, “contact orders” “prohibited steps order” or a “specific question order” and the Children Act 1989 referred to the same types of orders; except for the word “issue” not “question”. I knew in 2004 that the Family Law Act 1991 was very similar to the CA 1989 so I did not understand why the word “Between” appeared at the top of such a document; and I know the only reason it is still there in 2014 is because nobody in the Isle of Man considers that children are people with rights. Many judgments on-line refer to the PARENT having contact with the child. 62. Another way in which the General Registry misgoverns children matters is in the abbreviation of cases FAM – and the words “Family Business”. At the header of Attending Court on the courts web-site, we are told that Family Business includes adoption and children orders such as contact