Re H-W (Children)
[2022] UKSC 17 at para 62 the Court emphasised the need to evaluate the risk of harm that would be suffered by separating children from parents and “no less importantly their siblings” [para 62] to ensure such steps are necessary and proportionate. 24.In the subsequent case of
- 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