What is a Child Protection Plan?

As a parent, you may find your child made subject to a Child Protection Plan by the local authority. But what is a Child Protection Plan, and what does it mean? Local authority’s duty to investigate To start at the beginning, the local authority has a duty to investigate where they have reasonable cause to…

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New drive to speed up care proceedings

It is obvious that any court proceedings relating to the welfare of children should be dealt with as quickly as possible. This is recognised by the very first section of the Children Act, which states that: “In any proceedings in which any question with respect to the upbringing of a child arises, the court shall…

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Fathers involvement in the justice system, record divorce award and new protections for abuse victims – June family law news roundup

Research looks at fathers in the family justice system A research partnership between the University of East Anglia and Lancaster University has provided new evidence about fathers’ involvement in care and recurrent care proceedings in England. The researchers analysed anonymised family court records for more than 73,000 fathers appearing in care proceedings between 2010/11 and…

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