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I research and teach at the School of Social Work at UEA in Norwich (e.neil@uea.ac.uk). Researching adoption and children in care.
Mar 12, 2019 10 tweets 2 min read
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Court of appeal judgement about post adoption contact. parents with learning difficulties wanted direct contact with baby placed for adoption. Adopters agreed to meet parents once a year to build up trust, & would consider direct contact in future (1) Court refused parents' application for s51 contact order on grounds that was neither necessary nor appropriate to interfere with adopters child focused approach - as per previous case law. (2)