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Most councils report fall in care applications

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

| CYP Now

The majority of English councils have recorded an annual drop in the number of children in care applications, according to figures released by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass).

Legal Update: Legal Q&A - Consent required when taking a child overseas

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

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Q. A parent I advise wants to take her 10-year-old child overseas to visit her family for Christmas. Will she need the consent of the child's father, who she has separated from, though was never married to?

Legal Update: Court Report - Dismissal of care and placement orders

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

| CYP Now

Case name: D (A child) (2014) EWHC 3388 Court: High Court (Family Division) Judge: Justice Mostyn

Legal Update: Handling child care proceedings

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Awaz Raoof, international research officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre, takes a look at two recent judgments of the Family Division of the High Court regarding councils' handling of care proceedings.

Court Report: Disclosure of an abuse assessment

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Monday, November 8, 2010

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Case name: A County Council v SB; Case number: (2010) EWHC 2528 (Fam); Judge: Sir Nicholas Wall;Location: High Court of Justice (Family Division)

Legal Update: Court Report - Gay ex-partner seeks child contact

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

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In a Nutshell: Applying for a ?residence order

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents who do not live together can apply for a residence order and the courts will decide which parent the child should live with

Legal Update: How to tackle repeat removals

Features

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explores the need to address the problems of parents who lose successive children in repeat care proceedings.

Voice of the child in the Family Justice Review

Features

Friday, July 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Children's Legal Centre legal researcher Jo-Anne Prud'homme looks at strengthening children's participation rights in family court proceedings.

Children seek right to have their own voices heard in family court

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Children believe they should be allowed to speak for themselves in family court proceedings if their views will be better represented than adults interpreting their feelings, the children's rights director has found.