Wheatley v Waltham Forest London Borough Council, (Note)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Care of — Child received into care by local authority — Mother's request for return of child — Authority's resolution assuming parental rights — Mother's objection — Decision by juvenile court that resolution to stand — Whether power to make resolution — Whether mother consistently failing in parental obligations — Children Act 1948, ss 1 (3A), 2 (1) (b) (v) (5) (as amended and substituted by Children Act 1975, ss 56 (1), 57)

[1980] AC 311; [1979] 2 WLR 543