In re D (A Child: Placement Order)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Placement order — Judge rejecting maternal grandmother as carer and making placement order ─ Grandmother appealing ─ Whether judge making balanced evaluation of grandmother’s position ─ Whether welfare implications meaningfully considered ─ Whether appeal to be allowed

[2022] EWCA Civ 896; [2022] 2 FLR 1293, CA

Commentary

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Grandmother secures fresh hearing after Court of Appeal finds process that led to placement order deficient Case comment