home sweet home the return of mr m's children
- 1. CHILDCARE&
CHILDRENLAW
CASESTUDY
HOMESWEETHOME:THERETURNOF
MRM’SCHILDREN
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MrM’stwochildrenwereplacedintoLocalAutho-
rityfostercarefollowingthechildrenbeing
removedfromtheirmother’scare,whoisheavily
dependentonillicitdrugs.MrMwasthevictimof
continuousdomesticviolenceperpetratedbyMiss
Handattimesthiswaswitnessedbythechildren.
AnincidentoAnincidentoccurredwhereMrMwasattackedby
MissH.ThisresultedinMissHbeingchargedand
duetostandtrial.AfterMrMhadseparatedfrom
MissHheexercisedmanyattemptstohave
contactwithhischildren.Afternumerousfailed
attemptsofnotknowingorbeingabletogetin
contactwithMissHandfindingoutthe
whereaboutswhereaboutsofhischildren,hecontactedsocial
serviceswhotheninformedhimthathischildren
hadbeenplaceinfostercare.Thechildrenwere
removedbythepoliceunderPoliceProtection
PowersfromtheirmotherMissH.MrMwasvery
saddenedandshockedtohearofthisand
questionedastowhythechildrenwerenotplaced
inhiscareandwhinhiscareandwhyhewasnotinformedofthis.
MrMinstructedustorepresenthimandbring
forwardhiscase,tohavehischildrenreturnto
hiscare.Statementswerepreparedandinstructions
weretakenfromMrM.Allhewantedwasforhis
childrentobereturnedtohiscareandawayfrom
MissH,whohadfailedtoprovidesafecareand
loolookafterthechildren’sneeds.
AssessmentsneededtobeundertakenofMrM
andhispartnerwhowantedtohelpparentthe
childrenandofferMrMsupport.ChildandFamily
assessmentswereundertakenaswellasscreening
assessmentsofotherpossiblecarersidentified
byMrM.However,theassessmentofMrMproved
thathewasthebestcarerthathewasthebestcarerforhischildren.WTB
assistedinMrMpreparinghisresponsestothe
LocalAuthoritiesthresholdandWTBwasableto
showthecourtthatitwouldbeinthebest
interestofthechildrenforthemtobereturned
totheirfather’scare.
Thefinaloutcome,Courthadorderedthechildren
ttobereturnedtothecareoftheirfatherMrM.
Hewasmorethanhappyandisrelievedtohave
hischildrenreturnedtohim.
ThehelpprovidedbyourexpertlawyersatWTB
wasessentialtoprovetothecourtthatMrMwas
thebestpersonforthechildrentobelivingwith.
Wewereabletoprovidethehelpandadvice
nneededthroughoutthecourseofthecase.At
WTBweareabletoassistinallmattersofChidren
LawandChildCare.Ourspecialistsolicitorsare
morethanhappytoassistyouinyourcase,offer
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