The judge need not decide on the outcome of a residence order application before going on to consider a care order. There was no necessary order of consideration. A care order should not normally be made to Local Authority if a capable family member will take child.
Citations:
Independent 13-Apr-1994, Times 16-Mar-1994, [1994] 1 FLR 568 CA
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Overruled – Re M (A Minor) (Care Orders: Threshold Conditions) HL 7-Jun-1994
The father had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of the child’s mother. Application was made for the child to be made subject to a care order. The father appealed refusal of an order.
Held: When an application was made on the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Children
Updated: 05 May 2022; Ref: scu.84440
