Hearings
England & Wales
22 Oct 1981 [1982] Fam 53; [1981] 3 WLR 959; [1982] 1 All ER 1; 80 LGR 217, CA
W v Nottinghamshire County Council
Subject Matter
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Child in care — Local authority's resolution assuming parental rights — Mother's objection — Child in care for three years at time of hearing — Ground for passing resolution no longer subsisting — Whether subsequent and alternative ground of three years in care sufficient to support continuance of resolution — Children Act 1948, ss 1, 2 (as amended by Children Act 1975, s 57)