British-born son of Hungarian mother put up for adoption
A boy born in the UK to a Hungarian mother has been put up for adoption by the High Court. In what the judge described as “a very sad case”, the mother arrived in the UK when she was two months...
View ArticleRise in children needing social services
Close to 11 per cent more children were referred to social services in the year to March than in the preceding 12 months, a government report reveals. A total of 657,800 children were referred over the...
View ArticleSupport for homeless families with babies ‘lacking’
Homeless families with babies and young children do not receive adequate support from social services, the NSPCC has claimed. In a new report published with fellow children’s charity the Anna Freud...
View ArticleLatvian girl sexually abused, family court finds
A two year-old girl brought to the UK from Latvia was sexually abused, the High Court has found. In Re: V (A Child), ‘LV’ had been born in the Baltic country but was brought to the UK in May last year....
View ArticleA week in family law: Minnock, an alarming statistic and more
Highlights of another packed week for family law news included the following stories: ‘Runaway’ mother Rebecca Minnock has handed herself and her son in to the police, and the child has been returned...
View ArticlePublic worry about child welfare highlighted in survey
The number of adults worried about the welfare of a child in their neighbourhood has jumped by eight per cent in a single year. Charity Action for Children polled 2,500 adults for an annual survey. No...
View ArticleFather’s contact appeal fails
The Court of Appeal has rejected a father’s bid to overturn orders which prevented him from seeing his six year-old son. The child’s parents met in 2006 and began living together the following year,...
View ArticleReport condemns housing for homeless teen offenders
One in three accommodation placements for homeless 16 and 17 year-old offenders are “unsuitable or unsafe”. This claim was made in a report jointly published by HM Inspectorate of Probation and the...
View ArticleFather who didn’t see children for 2 years awarded £15K
A father who was unable to see his children for two years has been awarded £15,000 for a breach in his human rights. When the man and the children’s mother separated five years ago she made a serious...
View ArticleMother’s appeal to keep children rejected
The Court of Appeal has rejected a woman’s bid to keep her two children. The woman lived with her children at her mother’s house. The father of the seven year-old girl and 11 year-old boy did not live...
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