Children and Their Welfare | Family Law Study Area | Law Teacher
Children and Their Welfare
The Meaning of the Principle | Welfare Checklist | Child's Wishes | Child's Needs | Change in Circumstances | Relevant Characteristics | Risk of Harm | Parental Capabilities | Range of Powers
Childrens' Rights | Orders Available | Residence Orders | Contact Orders | Prohibited Steps Orders | Specific Issue Orders | Conditions and Directions | Other Orders
These Family Law pages were originally prepared by the Law Department at St. Brendan's Sixth Form College.
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This Chapter was last updated on 5 January 2001
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The Children Act 1989 was the result of a comprehensive review of the law as it affected children, and now encompasses almost the whole of the civil law in that area with the exception of that which relates to adoption or education. It largely replaced a variety of earlier statutes, responded to public concern over child abuse (which in a few well-publicised cases had led to the child's death, and in others to the removal of children from their homes on doubtful evidence), and acknowledged the growing emphasis on children's rights as set out in the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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