Child Protection and the Family Court: What you Need to Know. ISBN 9781526505972 from Practitioner Books

Child protection made simple: the plain-speaking guide for all those concerned with the protection of children. Providing a clear and uncomplicated route through the child protection process. Diagrams and charts are included to aid understanding; jargon and acronyms are only included in order to explain them and key court decisions are explained in their proper context. In addition to coverage of local authority safeguarding duties and investigations, parental responsibility, wardship and the inherent jurisdiction and secure accommodation, new content in this edition includes: A chapter on special guardianship, helpful for those who find themselves involved in legal proceedings without access to legal aid, such as grandparents Developments in cases involving: Radicalisation Adoption Children or parents who are nationals of a foreign country The introduction of the Child Arrangements Programme for private law

Chapter 1 An Introduction to the Family Court Chapter 2 Introduction to Child Protection Chapter 3 Parental Responsibility and Disputes between Parents Chapter 4 Local Authorities and the Family Chapter 5 Referrals, Assessments and Emergency Intervention Chapter 6 Care and Supervision Orders Chapter 7 Adoption Chapter 8 Special Guardianship Chapter 9 Secure Accommodation and Deprivation of Liberty Chapter 10 Medical treatment and other complex issues: The High Court's Inherent Jurisdiction Chapter 11 Challenging the local authority Appendix 1 Children Act 1989, ss 1-50 Appendix 2 Adoption and Children Act 2002, ss 1, 18-29, 42-52, 66-68, 83-95 Appendix 3 Family Procedure Rules 2010, parts 1, 12, 14, 25 and 30 and practice directions 12A, 12B, 12J, 25B, 25C Appendix 4 Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and Their Families Appendix 5 Schedule of Items in Relation to the Exercise of Parental Responsibility Appendix 6 Key Extracts from Important Judgments

Author(s)	By The Rt Hon Sir Andrew McFarlane, Ms Madeleine Reardon, Mr Alexander Laing.
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN	9781526505972
Format	Paperback / softback
Pages	608
Published in	United Kingdom
Published	31 Jan 2019
Availability	Available

Child Protection and the Family Court: What you Need to Know

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