The Social Worker's Guide to Children and Families Law by Lynn Davis

By Lynn Davis

"The Social laborers advisor to teenagers and households legislations" is an available, jargon-free advisor to the main parts of the legislation that situation working towards social employees in youngsters and households groups in England and Wales. This source for daily perform comprises reasons of the elemental suggestions of parental accountability and human rights, and the distinct provisions of non-public and public legislations, together with adoption. The felony concerns raised via ordinary households (such as these in homosexual relationships, of combined historical past or with young children or mom and dad with disabilities) also are lined through the textual content. It contains bullet lists, checklists and charts for fast and simple reference, in addition to highlighted issues for perform and illustrative case eventualities to place the legislations into context. This advisor could be a useful source for working towards social employees, in addition to trainees, scholars and people learning for post-qualifying awards.

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It adds an extra hurdle, but even if this is crossed it does not necessarily mean that the application itself will be successful. This provision can prevent the continuation of a pattern of repeated and unreasonable applications, but it is not limited to that situation. The case of the Jewish child in a Catholic family (mentioned above) was not one of repeated applications but the court used s91(14) CA89 to prevent the disruption and upset of further applications, emphasising the importance of the child’s welfare in considering making such an order.

The letter ‘s’ stands for the word ‘section’: s1 is the standard abbreviation for ‘section 1’. 1 Statutes can be amended by later legislation repealing or adding sections, so it is important always to ensure that you are consulting the upto-date version. A section number followed by a capital letter shows that the section has been inserted by a later statute such as s15A CA89 (dealing with special guardianship) which was added by the ACA. The added section has the same force as any other. In major statutes like CA89, related sections are grouped together in ‘Parts’ numbered using capital roman numerals; for example CA89 Part III deals with local authority support for children and families and Part IV with child protection.

2 3 4 5 6 s9(2) CA89. s7 CA89. s1(3)(g) CA89. s16 CA89. s37 CA89 – see below for more information. Section 8 Orders, Speciſc Issues and Prohibited Steps 63 Grounds No specific grounds are prescribed for a s8 order or SGO, so the court bases its decisions on the criteria set out in s1 CA89,7 the child’s welfare being the court’s paramount consideration, and taking into account all the elements of the welfare checklist. Who can apply? Some people can apply as of right for s8 or SGOs; others need court permission.

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