Subjects:

Family Law

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. General principles

3. Parental responsibility and guardianship

4. Work in the courts

5. Private law orders

6. Local authority support for children and families

7. Assessment, investigation and emergency protection

8. The care system

9. Secure accommodation

10. Child representation and welfare reporting

11. Evidence

12. Wardship and the High Court’

s inherent jurisdiction

13. Challenging decisions

14. Conclusions

Appendices

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Building on the success of the Third Edition the new edition is brought fully up to date with all relevant legislative and case law developments since 2002.

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• The Act and the Family Proceedings Rules, as amended, are reproduced in full.
• The book includes detailed discussion of the Family Justice System.
• The application of human rights; in relation to care and supervision proceedings.
• The Public Law Outline governing case management.
• The threshold criteria following the House of Lords decision in Re B (Children)(sexual abuse: standard of proof).
• Special guardianship; and fresh analysis of parental responsibility of unmarried fathers.
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