C (A child: Care proceedings) 2020 EWFC B46

01.01.2020

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C (A child: Care proceedings) 2020 EWFC B46

I acted for father of a 2 year old child; both parents had learning difficulties and the child was found during the course of the hearing to  have inherited some of her father’s difficulties.  LA sought to  remove child from parents care at final hearing and refused to  acknowledge the child’s difficulties were genetic.  The social work team appeared ignorant of the concept of parenting with support as articulated by Sir James Munby in re D (A child) (Care proceedings: Adoption) 2016 EWFC 1; the judge was concerned that this msy be a systemic proble in the LA; he approved publication of his judgment with the LA , Greenwich, being named; the child remained at home with no orders.

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