Adoption and Children Act 2002
. The findings of the report regarding the dearth of such orders being made are summarised as follows:Determining contact provision in placement proceedings, when adopters have not yet been identified, was considered by some to be inappropriate and unrealistic.However, the most overarching explanation for not making Section 26 orders was the concern that they would ‘constrain the search for adopters’33.Whilst an order made under s21 would only remain in force during the period when placement options were explored a mirror or similar order could be made upon an adoption order being made under s51A of the Act when the Court must carry out a fresh welfare analysis to ascertain whether the contact order continued to serve the welfare of the child.
- The applications before the Court
- The parties’ positions
- The key issue: sibling separation
- ABCDE
- The background: the children’s lived experience
- The Law
- F (A Child : Placement Order: Proportionality
- The Public Law Working Group
- Re B-S
- Re H-W (Children)
- Re D (A Child Placement Order)
- Children and Adoption Act 2002
- The Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005
- Discussion as to the issues surrounding the effect of sibling separation
- Siblings, contact and the law: an overlooked relationship?
- Together or Apart? Assessing Siblings for Permanent Placement (BAAF, 2001, 2008)
- Beyond Together or Apart: Planning For, Assessing and Placing Sibling Groups (Coram BAAF, 2021)
- Beyond Together or Apart: Planning for, assessing and placing sibling groups 2021, a Coram Baaf Good Practice Guide
- Safe Contact: Children in Permanent Placement and Their Birth Relatives
- Section 26 ACA 2002: contact orders during placement
- Adoption and Children Act 2002
- Social media
- The Mother and F1
- The options for the children
- All children placed for and successfully adopted
- Placements being divided between foster placements and adoptive placements
- All children in foster care:
- All children to be returned home:
- The Children: pen portraits
- Siblings together and apart assessments
- The Children’s Guardian: Miss Madelaine Jones
- Strengthening Families: improving stability for adopted children 2021.
- Introducing Social Science Evidence in Family Court Decision-Making and Adjudication: Evidence from England and Wales.
- The possible adoption pathway for the children. Tracey Barton (Adoption Manager)
- Analysis of issues
- Options and Re B-S analysis
- Welfare checklist factors
- Conclusion