Authors
Jim Wade, Ian Sinclair, Lucy Stuttard, University of York, and John Simmonds, British Association for Adoption and Fostering
Published by
Department for Education, November 2014
Summary
A special guardianship order (SGO) is a private legal order that enables a special guardian, usually relatives or family friends, to exercise full parental responsibility for a child up to the age of 18.
The researchers, working with the British Association for Adoption and Fostering, surveyed all local authorities and analysed national data on looked-after children and those leaving care. They also carried out a three- to six-year follow-up of a sample of families in seven local authorities where an SGO was made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2009.
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