I have just taken time out in between briefs to watch Lilo & Stitch whilst feeding the boy his tea. I confess that I had one eye on the tv and one on the tuna sandwiches that were being liberally smeared all over the high chair and his face, and that were threatening to come [...]
Posts Tagged ‘adoption’
‘Don’t you lot EVER think about the kids?’
Posted in stuff, tagged adoption, care, children, family proceedings, guardian on October 9, 2009 | 14 Comments »
No, you are absolutely right. We have spent years acquiring expertise, passed up the opportunity to earn three times as much money in any other area of law you care to choose, regularly work into the night reading graphic details about head injuries and abuse and neglect, and spend 50% of our time telling our [...]
Orphan Movie Upset
Posted in stuff, tagged adoption, family on June 16, 2009 | 5 Comments »
You can read an interesting post on Popehat here about the controversy Warner’s marketing of it’s new movie ORPHAN has stirred up. A charming and socially sensitive advertising campaign by the sound of it. But hey, it sells.
The Economics of Dysfunction
Posted in stuff, tagged adoption, care proceedings, counselling, family court system, parenting, therapy on April 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It frustrates me that, whilst care proceedings are sometimes a spur for parents to recognise the significance of their own past experience, personal issues and their pressing need for therapy to enable them to parent better and to lead more productive fulfilled lives, there is often no route through to achieve these goals because of ‘resource issues’. As [...]
Setting Aside Adoption Orders
Posted in stuff, tagged adoption, appeal, family law, human rights, set aside on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The judgment of the Court of Appeal in the Webster v Norfolk adoption saga is available here. A very sad case. The judgment is very long, but in essence the Court of Appeal has held that the adoption orders cannot be set aside and there is no purpose in reopening the findings made against Mr [...]
A few titbits…
Posted in stuff, tagged adoption, family law, judgment, legal news, residence on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…to keep all the snowed-in out there occupied (if you aren’t out hurtling down a hill on a bin lid that is). I don’t have time today to chase up all these items but thought some of you might be interested… Children’s Society report (Thanks Teech Liz) – from a 2 second look at the [...]
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