Many people unfamiliar with the care system are surprised to discover that children are frequently separated from their siblings, whether through adoption or other types of placement.
They are even more shocked to discover that siblings separated in this way tend to have quite infrequent contact with one another or may lose touch entirely.
For those working closely with children in care, the separation of brothers and sisters is considered a source of concern, but a regrettable fact of life.
Our research, Siblings, Contact and the Law: An overlooked relationship?, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, explored the status of siblings in legislation in England and Wales and reviewed what case law in care and adoption proceedings can tell us about how decisions about them are made.
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