Children Law Handbook 2021

The Children Law Handbookis an indispensable resource for practitioners dealing with the complexities of private children law disputes and permanency planning, whether by way of adoption, fostering and special guardianship. It provides everything the busy practitioners needs to deal step by step with private law children proceedings from instruction to conclusion. This handbook also examines key complex public law issues in the running of care cases, deprivation of liberty and child sexual exploitation.

The Children Law Handbook provides:

• a complete account of the law and practice surrounding private children law
• practical guidance on drafting and procedure
• explanations of key issues such as parenthood, adoption and special guardianship
• commentary on the regulations affecting care planning, adoption and fostering
• updates on key developments in the law
• workflow diagrams explaining child law procedure, and
• details of relevant cases

This comprehensive guide provides a unique overview to the law and practice affecting children’s proceedings and is indispensable for all family law practitioners.

table of content

1. Parental responsibility

2. Concept of parenthood

3. Private children law orders

4. Removal form the jurisdiction

5. The voice of the child and developments

6. Publicity and children proceedings

7. Practice and procedure

8. Domestic abuse and children proceedings

9. Enforcement of child arrangements relating to contact

10. Advocacy in children proceedings

11. Local authority protection and involvement

12. Injunctions and deprivation cases

13. Assessments

14. Parallel planning and assessments of family and friends

15. Placement with parents, fostering and social guardianship

16. Adoption law and practice

17. Processes for adoption

18. Reviews, support and steps leading to adoption

19. Revocation, leave to oppose and post adoption contract; and

20. Consent to adoption and separation of siblings