Recurrent care proceedings : Part 1: Progress in research and practice since the Family Justice Council 6th Annual Debate

Shaw, Mike and Broadhurst, Karen and Harwin, Judith and Alrouh, Bachar and Kershaw, Sophie and Mason, Claire (2014) Recurrent care proceedings : Part 1: Progress in research and practice since the Family Justice Council 6th Annual Debate. Family Law, 44 (9). pp. 1284-1287. ISSN 0014-7281

Abstract

This, the first article in a series, summarises how the research and practice concerning mothers caught in a cycle of recurring care proceedings has progressed in the time since the Family Justice Council 6th Annual Debate in December 2012 on the way mothers subject to successive compulsory removal of their children are treated by the system. Considers the challenges ahead and how they can be met.