Adoption law and placement orders

This webinar will explore the fundamentals of placement orders and adoption regulations.

It is crucial that practitioners who act for parents, extended family members, local authorities and children have a firm grasp of practice and procedure surrounding adoption and placement, as a lack of knowledge can cause delay and be detrimental to the child’s welfare.

This webinar will cover the following:

• Placement orders and how these differ from care orders
• Placement orders – how does parental responsibility operate under these?
• What are the criteria for deciding to make a placement order?
• Adoption panels and processes – approving, matching and recommending
• Revocation of placement orders – when would this be relevant and what are the criteria?
• Leave to oppose making of adoption orders – what is the correct position with these applications?
• When will the court grant permission to oppose an adoption application?
• Revocation of adoption orders – when would this be granted?