Special Guardianship and Adoption Handbook

Family Law

Special Guardianship and Adoption Handbook

By Safda Mahmood
Law Society Publishing September 2023

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781784461928
Publisher
Law Society Publishing
Publication
September 2023
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Special Guardianship and Adoption Handbook is a comprehensive, accessible guide to special guardianship and adoption law for all children and family law practitioners. It provides essential advice at all stages of representing clients: at the office, drafting, negotiating and conducting court hearings.

This new book provides:

  • a comprehensive overview of special guardianship and adoption orders, and how they fit together
  • practical, step-by-step guidance on drafting and procedure
  • updates on key developments and changes to the processes, procedure, and outcomes in the law
  • workflow diagrams and flowcharts explaining special guardianship and adoption law procedure
  • details of important regulations and the most recent and significant court decisions

This book is essential reading for anyone who needs to understand the complexities of these two orders and how they tie in within private and public law proceedings.

Table of Contents

1. Historical perspective and need for change
2. Special Guardianship Orders – The Essential Facts
3. Special guardianship orders and Section 8 Children Act 1989 orders
4. Special guardianship and assessment processes
5. Special guardianship orders – financial and other support services
6. Special guardianship – families moving local authorities
7. Special guardianship and the court timetable
8. Special guardianship – practical steps in case management
9. Developments surrounding special guardianship orders
10. Legal representation and funding for special guardianship
11. Special guardianship orders – variation, discharge and co-existing with care orders
12. Adoption – historical perspective, freeing and placement orders
13. Adoption orders – The essential facts
14. Routes to adoption orders
15. Adoption and special guardianship – inheritance implications
16. Adoption – financial and other support services
17. Adoption Agencies Regulations – panels and processes
18. Adoption and the court timetable
19. Contested adoption applications – post-adoption contact, and long-term foster care
20. Adoption and special guardianship orders

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