Is threshold crossed?
35.In those circumstances, in my judgment, threshold is crossed in this case, whether the threshold date is shortly after the mother had her haemorrhage or whether it is in February 2022. The fact of the matter is that if there was no intervention and an order was not made, this is a child who would not have the care from a parent which it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give. The reason for that is that the mother just cannot provide it, through no fault of her own. Equally, in my judgment it is highly likely that as a result of her mother’s incapacity (and, hence, her inability to provide the care which it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give), K would be likely to suffer significant harm in the future if an order were not made. Indeed, no party submitted that she would not be at risk of significant harm in these circumstances.36.I return to the point that I raised earlier with regards to the wording of threshold, and I asked the Local Authority to amend threshold accordingly. However, on that straightforward wording, threshold is met in this case.