Part IVCare and Supervision
15 provisions
- CA 1989 s. 31 Care & supervision order threshold Under CA 1989 s. 31, a court may make a care or supervision order if a child suffers or is likely to suffer significant harm from care or being beyond control.
- CA 1989 s. 31A Care plans for care order applications Requires local authority to prepare and review a care plan when a care order application is made. Excludes interim care orders.
- CA 1989 s. 32 Care application 26-week limit CA 1989 s. 32 requires courts to resolve care and supervision applications within twenty-six weeks, allowing eight-week extensions if necessary for justice.
- CA 1989 s. 33 Legal effect of a care order on parents CA 1989 s. 33 gives local authorities parental responsibility under a care order, limits parents' decisions, and restricts surname changes and UK removal.
- CA 1989 s. 34 Parental contact with children in care Local authorities must allow children in care reasonable contact with parents, guardians, and child arrangements order holders unless court orders otherwise.
- CA 1989 s. 35 Duty of supervisor under supervision order Section 35 imposes duty on supervisor to advise, assist, befriend the child, take steps to enforce the order, and consider applying for variation or discharge.
- CA 1989 s. 36 Education supervision orders CA 1989 s. 36 allows local authorities to apply for an education supervision order to ensure a child of compulsory school age receives proper education.
- CA 1989 s. 37 Court-directed child welfare investigations (CA 1989 s.37) Court may order local authority to investigate a child in family proceedings. Authority must report within eight weeks unless court directs otherwise.
- CA 1989 s. 38 Interim Care and Supervision Orders CA 1989 s. 38 allows courts to make interim care or supervision orders during adjourned proceedings or section 37 directions if reasonable grounds exist.
- CA 1989 s. 38A Exclusion requirements in interim care Courts can add an exclusion requirement to an interim care order if another resident consents. It ends if the authority removes the child for over 24 hours.
- CA 1989 s. 38B Undertakings in interim care orders Courts can accept undertakings in place of interim care exclusion requirements. They carry no power of arrest and end if the child is removed for over 24 hours.
- CA 1989 s. 39 Discharge & variation - care & supervision - CA 1989 s.39 Who can apply to discharge a care order or vary a supervision order; substitution of supervision order; exclusion requirements in interim care orders.
- CA 1989 s. 40 Care and supervision orders pending appeal A court that dismisses or discharges a care/supervision order can make an interim order to last for the appeal period (which the appellate court may extend).
- CA 1989 s. 41 Child representation in court proceedings Section 41 of CA 1989 requires courts to appoint an officer or solicitor for a child in specified family proceedings to safeguard their interests.
- CA 1989 s. 42 Cafcass access to local authority records Under CA 1989 s. 42, appointed officers representing a child can inspect local authority social services records and use copies directly as evidence.