The Allocation of Parental Rights and Responsibilities - the Position in England and Wales

Abstract

This author explores the evolution of English child law prior to and after enactment of the Children Act of 1989. He describes the mixture of common law and statute that preceded the Act and explains that developments emerged on an ad hoc basis, predominantly in terms of remedies rather than rights. He then explains the provisions of the 1989 Act and the impact of its goals to gather together all the law relating to the care and upbringing of children and the provision of social services for them and to provide a consistent set of legal remedies available in all courts and all proceedings.