A child arrangements order is a legal contract between the Court and the child's parents or guardians. Child arrangements ensure that the child's living arrangements are in their best interests by detailing who the child [...]
As a member of the Law Society Children Law Accreditation Scheme, the team at King Street Solicitors have represented numerous families caught in the middle of acrimonious and protracted disputes about how time should be [...]
Following a previous discussion on the legal effect of Special Guardianship Orders, this blog explores what the Local Authority considers when carrying out an assessment for guardianship of a child under an Special Guardianship Order. [...]
When members of an extended family put themselves forward to care for children, the Local Authority will almost always agree to carry out a ‘viability’ assessment of them. This is usually a fairly quick piece [...]
