A disclaimer first - this is not a real life situation! I'm writing a short story and I was hoping someone could help with the legal side, so that I don't make a complete fool of myself...
In the story a woman leaves her partner (they are not married) and plans to travel to England to have an abortion. The partner contacts a pro-life group for help to stop the woman from leaving the country.
I thought that the lawyer working for the pro-life group would petition a court to prevent the woman from travelling until it is heard by a judge.
So here are my questions:
1. Is this situation realistic, in other words could the boyfriend's lawyer file something to stop the woman from travelling? Even though they are no longer together?
2. What would be the correct terminology (filing? injunction?) and which court would it be heard by? (No need to go into great detail)
3. Has this ever happened before? I did search the web but I couldn't find anything.
Thank you very much in advance for any help you can offer. I don't need to know how far it would go really, just whether or not you think/know it could take place and what the lawyer would do. The law part is definitely in the background of the story but I would like to get it vaguely right...
Cheers!
In the story a woman leaves her partner (they are not married) and plans to travel to England to have an abortion. The partner contacts a pro-life group for help to stop the woman from leaving the country.
I thought that the lawyer working for the pro-life group would petition a court to prevent the woman from travelling until it is heard by a judge.
So here are my questions:
1. Is this situation realistic, in other words could the boyfriend's lawyer file something to stop the woman from travelling? Even though they are no longer together?
2. What would be the correct terminology (filing? injunction?) and which court would it be heard by? (No need to go into great detail)
3. Has this ever happened before? I did search the web but I couldn't find anything.
Thank you very much in advance for any help you can offer. I don't need to know how far it would go really, just whether or not you think/know it could take place and what the lawyer would do. The law part is definitely in the background of the story but I would like to get it vaguely right...
Cheers!