Child protection and the family court
Subtitle: what you need to know
By: Andrew McFarlane, Madeleine Reardon and Alexander Laing
Edition: Third edition.
Series: Bloomsbury family law
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
Published: 2019
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9781526505941
Subjects: Child welfare; Law and legislation; Domestic relations courts
Description: "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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