Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill - Volume I: Report

HC 400-I, HL Paper 100-I - Session 2004-05

Author:: House of Commons, House of Lords - Joint Committee on the Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill
Publisher:: TSO (The Stationery Office)

The Draft Children (Contact) and Adoption Bill (Cm. 6462, available below) published in February 2005, contains provisions in relation to the enforcement by the family courts of contact orders, as well as arrangements for intercountry adoptions.

The Bill is intended to assist in the implementation of the Green Paper "Parental separation: children's needs and parents' responsibilities" (Cm. 6273, available below), reinforcing the Government's view that a child should continue to have a meaningful relationship with both parents after a parental separation, so long as it is safe and the child's best interests.

The Committee's report focuses on the workability, effectiveness and proportionality of the draft Bill, and also considers whether it fails to include provisions which might have useful in advancing its aims.

Topics discussed include:

the power to make contact activity directions
the role of CAFCASS and Family Assistance Orders (FAOs)
issues relating to enforcement orders
compensation for financial loss
the welfare checklist in the Children Act 1989
adoptions with a foreign element

Extent	57 pages	ISBN	9780104006603
Size	A4	Price	£12.00
Binding	Paperback	Published	12 Apr 2005
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