diff --git a/core/static/core/scss/base/general.scss b/core/static/core/scss/base/general.scss
index bc834e8a..33812ced 100644
--- a/core/static/core/scss/base/general.scss
+++ b/core/static/core/scss/base/general.scss
@@ -162,6 +162,13 @@ input[readonly] {
   background: gainsboro;
 }
 
+input[readonly]:focus {
+  outline: none;
+  border: none;
+  background: gainsboro;
+}
+
+
 label {
   display: inline-block;
   font-weight: 500;
@@ -272,3 +279,19 @@ input[type="radio"] {
   font-style: italic;
   color: $mid-grey;
 }
+
+.form-inline-align .checkbox-inline {
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: flex-start; /* key change */
+    gap: 8px;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.form-inline-align input[type="checkbox"] {
+    margin-top: 3px; /* fine-tune vertical alignment */
+}
+
+.form-inline-align small {
+    margin-top: 1px;
+    font-size: 0.85em;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/person/templates/person/component/date_fields.html b/person/templates/person/component/date_fields.html
index 756f0e56..023bbe55 100644
--- a/person/templates/person/component/date_fields.html
+++ b/person/templates/person/component/date_fields.html
@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
     <div class="margin-bottom">
         {% include "core/component/common_form_choices.html" with label_text='Calendar of '|add:title_name choices_field=calendar %}
     </div>
-    <div class="is-range-div margin-bottom">
-        {{ is_range }}
-        <label for="{{ is_range.id_for_label }}">Date range?</label>
-        <small>
-            {{ date_range_msg }}
-        </small>
-    </div>
 
+    <div class="is-range-div margin-bottom form-inline-align">
+        <div class="checkbox-inline">
+            {{ is_range }}
+            <label for="{{ is_range.id_for_label }}">Date range?</label>
+            <small>{{ date_range_msg }}</small>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+   
     <div class="margin-bottom">
         <div class="row-no-margin">
             <div class="from-div">
diff --git a/person/templates/person/init_form.html b/person/templates/person/init_form.html
index 0e24c67a..a7b212b7 100644
--- a/person/templates/person/init_form.html
+++ b/person/templates/person/init_form.html
@@ -55,13 +55,16 @@
                     <div class="margin-bottom">
                         {% include "core/component/common_form_choices.html" with label_text='Gender' choices_field=person_form.gender %}
                     </div>
-                    <div class="margin-bottom">
-                        {{ person_form.is_organisation }}
-                        <label for="{{ person_form.is_organisation.id_for_label }}">Organization?</label>
-                        <small> (Leave this checkbox blank if the correspondent was an individual person; tick if the
+                    
+                    <div class="margin-bottom form-inline-align">
+                        <div class="checkbox-inline">
+                            {{ person_form.is_organisation }}
+                            <label for="{{ person_form.is_organisation.id_for_label }}">Organization?</label>
+                             <small> (Leave this checkbox blank if the correspondent was an individual person; tick if the
                             correspondent was a group or organization.)</small>
+                        </div>
                     </div>
-
+                    
                     <div class="org-type-div margin-bottom"
                             {% if not is_org_form %}
                          style="display: none"