Sentence examples for guardianship order from inspiring English sources

In the president's view, this included placement with a relative or someone else under a child arrangements order or special guardianship order.

We are already looking at how this can be adapted to be used with special guardianship order placements, permanent foster care and when returning children to birth parents.

Stuart, then five, and his cousin Juliet Tendo, seven, were taken to the US by a caring Baptist family who had been given a legal guardianship order in June 2009 after arriving in Uganda.

"The British Association for Adoption and Fostering said that adoption wouldn't be possible because it would essentially count as a private adoption, which is no longer legal, so they advised us to go for a special guardianship order instead," says Vinay. "We felt more comfortable with that anyway – there's something less absolute about it".

As professionals we must not allow ourselves to be steered into silo thinking with children receiving different levels of service because they happen to be placed on a special guardianship order, not an adoption order or a section 31 care order.

For example, many children have found legal and emotional security through a special guardianship order; others have thrived having been appropriately placed in foster care; and many are well placed with family or friends, where adoption is less likely to be the route chosen.

We also need to ensure that everything suggested above is available to all adopted children and children on special guardianship orders.

FASD is also having an impact on children who are undiagnosed and who are subject to special guardianship orders or being looked after by kinship carers.

Tact social workers frequently express concerns that in areas such as delegated authority, the use of special guardianship orders and placement decisions, local authorities are frequently making decisions that are not in line with central policy, practice or guidance.

They feel a loyalty and connection to their birth family, with the consequence that long-term foster care, kinship care and special guardianship orders sometimes represent their best chance of a stable home life.

Figures leaked to the Independent and the BBC last month show a 50% fall in the number of adoptions last year and a threefold increase in the number of babies subject to special guardianship orders, seen as a cheaper and speedier alternative to adoption.