A child continues growing while a case waits. Urgent protection, schooling and reliable evidence cannot wait for the final hearing.
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Research & practiceA child needs safety, a reliable investigation and help that starts now. None of those duties is fulfilled by copying an accusation from one file into another.
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Research & practiceChildren’s rights are not served by treating a mother’s word as inherently reliable or a father’s care as inherently less important. Decisions need evidence, not a hierarchy of parents.
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Case analysisAn administrative claim asks whether the State Care Agency’s actions and omissions harmed a child. The requested damages are symbolic. The questions about public power are not.
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Case analysisRemoving an unlawful measure from the file is one task. Re-examining the arrangements, records and family relationships it affected is another.
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Case analysisWhen a lawyer asks investigators to examine possible influence on a child, the immediate protection question must not disappear inside the criminal file.
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Case analysisA lawyer’s name in the file does not protect a child. Representation must include contact with the child, current information and action on needs that cannot wait for another hearing.
Read the articleCase analysisA delayed decision can leave a child living with the very problem the proceedings are meant to resolve. Courts need to account for that time.
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Case analysisChildren need room to explain their lives in their own words. They should not be asked to prove loyalty to an adult or provide the answer that ends a case.
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