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Placements with relatives and friends: what are the implications of the 26-week timescale in care proceedings?

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Date:26 JUN 2014
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SARAH ROTHERA Case Manager Bi-Borough Care Proceedings Project

MARY RYAN Independent consultant Ryan Tunnard Brown

Enabling children to be brought up within their families where this is possible and in accordance with their welfare is an important principle of legislation (s 17 of the Children Act 1989 and Art 8 and Sch 1 to the Human Rights Act 1998) recently emphasised in Re B-S (Adoption: Application of s 47(5)) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146 [2014] 1 FLR 1035.

This article examines the impact of the new 26-week timescale in care proceedings on the identification assessment and preparation of family and friends carers from the perspective of the two inner London local authorities involved in the Bi Borough...

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