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Special guardianship: guidance on principles to be applied in deciding between special guardianship and adoption.(England and Wales)
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Adoption & Fostering
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March 22, 2007
- Author:
- Cullen, Deborah
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(Note: Judgment in the three cases below was handed down by the Court of Appeal on the same day. Although the court was differently constituted in each case, all the members involved in the cases had contributed to and agreed with the commentary on the statutory provisions and general considerations set out in the first case, Re S.)
Re S Court of Appeal (Thorpe, Tuckey and Wall LJJ) 6 February 2007 [2007] EWCA Civ 54
In this case, in July 2006, the High Court judge had dismissed the foster carer's (Ms A's) application for adoption of a little girl then aged six-and-a-half and had made a special guardianship order in her favour, coupled with an order under section ...
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Lawyers warn Kirklees.(News)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England);
October 5, 2006 ;
200 words
......grandson. He was previously with foster carers. Guidance on special guardianship orders says that when councils consider how much cash...correspondence to explain how they came to set the figure for special guardianship, but I have had no response. I asked them why they had...
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Unmarried, same-sex couples in Britain gain adoption rights
Xinhua News Agency;
December 30, 2005 ;
223 words
......of adoption at all. The Act also introduces special guardianship orders for other carers. Foster carers, relatives...and others caring for a child can apply for a special guardianship order which is expected to last until the child is...
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Man who assaulted girl taken into care.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);
November 2, 2005 ;
223 words
......was made the subject of a guardianship order under the mental health...of a hospital order or a guardianship order. Psychiatrists said a hospital...was not appropriate and a guardianship order, to be funded by the county...
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guardianship order
A Dictionary of Law;
ELIZABETH A. MARTIN;
63 words
...guardianship order An order, made under the Mental Health Act 1983, placing a person over the age of 16 who has been convicted of an offence and who...
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White Paper: Adoption laws to be made less `politically correct' Call for...
The Independent - London;
December 22, 2000 ;
Paul Waugh Deputy Political Editor;
787 words
......are ignored by the adoption process, a new status of "special guardianship" could be created to allow continued links to their birth...n An adoption register to be created by next July n "Special guardianship" that allows placement with a new family while keeping...
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Teenager admits more sexual assaults
Herald Express (Torquay UK);
May 12, 2008 ;
141 words
......the court to adjourn sentence so that the position concerning a guardianship order could be looked into. Judge Graham Cottle adjourned sentence for a guardianship order in the community to be investigated as an alternative to a hospital...
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High court weighs custody case: A court referee hears arguments from...
Tulsa World (Tulsa, Oklahoma) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
January 20, 2006 ;
513 words
......Washington County District Court on Dec. 12 to award her special guardianship. Patricia Doornbos has since sued her stepdaughters in...Dreiling said Wednesday that she would not have granted the special guardianship had I known everything I now know. Doornbos had been...
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COURTS Mum appeals 'divorce' from daughter
Sunday Star-Times;
May 13, 2007 ;
VAN DER STOEP, Leigh;
474 words
......her as a mother regardless of the guardianship order. "I just got a text saying, `Hi Mum...like a normal mum as if there's no guardianship order." Hooker told the court the girl...understood the full implications of guardianship order. Cox - who applied for the order...
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Legal & Finance: Grace becomes part of Harrison family.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);
April 6, 2007 ;
144 words
......where she was a partner. During her time with the firm, Ms Trenchard was a specialist in care proceedings, adoption and special guardianship, while continuing to carry out all aspects of divorce and separation work. She also specialised in contact and residence...
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Vic: Child sex offender faces court after disappearance
AAP General News (Australia);
February 5, 2004 ;
253 words
......up with him in NSW. Paul Cudmore, 19, who has been on a guardianship order and living at Melbourne's Statewide Forensic Services...Andrew McGregor, told the court his client wanted his guardianship order reviewed and the opportunity "to demonstrate he's not...
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Week-long drive to make city centre the safest; Guardian angel : Ribbon...
The Birmingham Post (England);
May 19, 2001 ;
394 words
......initiative Safer Streets to encourage people to think about their own safety and reduce the fear of crime. About 20,000 special guardianship ribbons have been produced to help promote the week-long event which begins on Monday . The public is being asked to...
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PROBATE
The Journal Record;
September 3, 1987 ;
154 words
...(06806) NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF SPECIAL GUARDIANSHIP No. P-87-1547 In the District Court of Oklahoma County, State of Oklahoma. In the matter of the guardianship of Brandon Allison...
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Man admits killing his wife.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);
February 13, 2002 ;
111 words
......Susan at their home in Porthcawl last year on the grounds of diminished responsibility. He was sentenced to an indefinite guardianship order under the Mental Health Act, meaning he will be constantly under the supervision of social services, after an allegation...
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Care order on sex assault man, 41.(News)
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);
August 11, 2004 ;
128 words
......He (Fullerton) accepts that he was not invited and not encouraged to carry out this act. Fullerton was placed under a guardianship order, to be monitored by Coventry City Council's social services team, and would be reviewed in six months.
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Vic: Police continue to seek information on missing man
AAP General News (Australia);
February 3, 2004 ;
132 words
......missing Melbourne man who's believed to pose a serious risk to the community. Nineteen-year-old PAUL CUDMORE is under a guardianship order and lives in a state government-run facility. He ran away during a shopping trip in High Street, Northcote, on Sunday...
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