Once the threshhold criteria for a care order have been met, the court must still enquire on an application for an interim care order, as to whether there is an imminent risk of really serious harm to the child, whether the risk to the child’s safety requires the immediate separation requested.
Judges:
Thorpe LJ, Lawrence Collins J
Citations:
[2002] EWCA Civ 1932, [2003] 1 FCR 350
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Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – In re L (A Child) FD 19-Apr-2008
Both the Local authority and the child’s Guardian ad litem argued for the child to be removed from the mother before the final hearing to protect from the harm which the presence of the mother’s partner undubitably risked. The mother responded by . .
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Children
Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.258658
