Cases in Family Court in 2022 and 2023 (FOI)

​Request

A

How many cases went through Family Court in 2022 and 2023?

B

How many full residency orders were put in place in 2022 and 2023? What percentage of these were in favour of the mother and what percentage were in favour of the father?

C

How many cases went through Family Court for contact orders in 2022 and 2023? What percentage was male and female filing for a contact order?

D

How many fathers filed for shared residency in 2022 and 2023? How many fathers were given shared residence?

E

What was the average age of the child in family court proceedings?

Response

The figures below relate to applications under the Matrimonial Causes (Jersey) Law 1949 and the Children (Jersey) Law 2002 being heard by the Family Division of the Royal Court. 

A

A total of 440 new cases went through the Family Division in 2022 and 2023.

2022 – 61 Children Law applications and 169 Matrimonial Causes Law applications.

2023 – 49 Children Law applications and 161 Matrimonial Causes Law applications.

B

29 full residency orders were granted in 2022 and 2023.

23 (79.3%) were granted to the mother and 6 (20.7%) were granted to the father.

2022 – 20 granted (75%) to mothers and (25%) to fathers.

2023 – 9 were granted (89%) to mothers and (11%) to fathers.

C

​There were 53 contact applications in the family court in 2022 and 2023.

69.8% of the applicants were male and 30.2% of the applicants were female.

2022 – 26 applications, 76.9% male and 23.1% female.

2023 – 27 applications 63% male and 37% female

D

There were 10 applications for shared residence filed by fathers in 2022 and 2023. 19 fathers were granted shared residence.

2022 – 6 applications filed by fathers and 13 shared residence orders were granted to fathers.

2023 – 4 applications filed by fathers and 6 fathers were granted shared residence, 1 application is ongoing.

E

The average age of the child in new cases opened in 2022 and 2023 was 8.​