CHILD CARE &CHILDREN LAWCASE STUDY

HOME SWEET HOME: THE RETURN OF MR M’S CHILDREN

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Mr M’s two children were placed into Local Autho-rity foster care following the children beingremoved from their mother’s care, who is heavilydependent on illicit drugs. Mr M was the victim ofcontinuous domestic violence perpetrated by MissH and at times this was witnessed by the children.

An incident oAn incident occurred where Mr M was attacked byMiss H. This resulted in Miss H being charged and due to stand trial. After Mr M had separated fromMiss H he exercised many attempts to havecontact with his children. After numerous failedattempts of not knowing or being able to get in contact with Miss H and finding out the whereabouts whereabouts of his children, he contacted socialservices who then informed him that his childrenhad been place in foster care. The children wereremoved by the police under Police ProtectionPowers from their mother Miss H. Mr M was verysaddened and shocked to hear of this andquestioned as to why the children were not placedin his care and whin his care and why he was not informed of this.

Mr M instructed us to represent him and bring forward his case, to have his children return to his care. Statements were prepared and instructionswere taken from Mr M. All he wanted was for hischildren to be returned to his care and away fromMiss H, who had failed to provide safe care andloolook after the children’s needs.

Assessments needed to be undertaken of Mr Mand his partner who wanted to help parent the children and offer Mr M support. Child and Familyassessments were undertaken as well as screeningassessments of other possible carers identified by Mr M. However, the assessment of Mr M provedthat he was the best carer that he was the best carer for his children. WTBassisted in Mr M preparing his responses to the Local Authorities threshold and WTB was able to show the court that it would be in the best interest of the children for them to be returnedto their father’s care.

The final outcome, Court had ordered the childrentto be returned to the care of their father Mr M. He was more than happy and is relieved to havehis children returned to him.

The help provided by our expert lawyers at WTBwas essential to prove to the court that Mr M wasthe best person for the children to be living with.We were able to provide the help and advice nneeded throughout the course of the case. At WTB we are able to assist in all matters of ChidrenLaw and Child Care. Our specialist solicitors aremore than happy to assist you in your case, offeradvice and support. For more information contact us online www.wtbsolicitors.com or call us on 0161 224 3311.