Case No. LV21C01426

The Court is concerned with the welfare of four children. The children are:W (7 ½ ) a boy born on 18 May 2015; X (4 ¾ ) a boy born on 16 January 2018;Y (3 ¾ ) a girl born on 1 April 2019; Z (2 ½) a boy born on 2 June 20202.The mother of the children is M. The father of W is F2. The father of X, Y and Z is F1. Each parent has played an active part in these proceedings. F2 has, through no fault of his own, come to the proceedings quite late because of late notification but has nevertheless had the opportunity to file evidence and to give oral evidence at the final hearing as have the other two parents.3.The children’s current placements, whilst under interim care orders, are that W and X are placed together in foster care and Y and Z are also placed together in foster care.4.The applications before the Court are for care orders in respect of each child and placement for adoption orders in respect of each child. The plan of the local authority is that W should be placed for adoption on the basis of a time-limited search of six months and in default should be placed in long-term foster care. The local authority plan is that the other three children should be placed for adoption together as a sibling group.