Jamie (Special Guardianship Order), Re
[2024] EWFC 268 (B)
North Northamptonshire County Council v A Mother & Ors
24 April 2024
[2024] EWFC 281
Family Court
Two young brothers are living with their grandparents because their parents can't look after them. The judge decided the local authority needs to keep an eye on things, so she made a care order. She also decided that the children should see their parents only once a month to help them understand their new life with their grandparents.
Key Facts
- •Welfare stage of a long-running case concerning two boys.
- •Parents accept they cannot care for the children.
- •Children living with maternal grandparents.
- •Grandparents filed statements accepting the court's findings of fact.
- •Issue of whether to make a final care order or adjourn for a special guardianship order (SGO) assessment.
- •Issue of contact between parents and children.
Legal Principles
Differences between a care order and a supervision order.
Re FC [2016] EWFC B90
Degree to which interim separation is a serious interference with Article 8 rights.
Subsequent case law (unspecified)
Outcomes
Final care order made.
Essential for local authority oversight, sharing parental responsibility, addressing concerns from fact-finding judgment, and providing clarity.
Contact reduced to once per month.
To help children understand their new living situation with grandparents; supported by local authority, guardian, and grandparents.