{"id":16,"date":"2021-03-11T15:15:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T15:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:13:27","slug":"legal-framework-for-special-guardianship-in-england","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/legal-framework-for-special-guardianship-in-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Framework for Special Guardianship in England"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Legal Framework for Special Guardianship in England<\/h1>\n<p>Special guardianship is regulated by the following Acts and regulations:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1989\/41\/part\/II\/crossheading\/special-guardianship\">The Children Act 1989<\/a> was amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 to establish special guardianship.<\/p>\n<p>The following sections of the Children Act 1989 are relevant in setting out the legal definition of parental responsibility which is core to special guardianship.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1989\/41\/section\/1\">Section 1<\/a> which sets out the welfare principle.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1989\/41\/section\/2\">Section 2<\/a> which gives the definition of parental responsibility.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/ukpga\/1989\/41\/section\/3\">Section 3<\/a> gives the meaning of parental responsibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Regulatory Framework for Special Guardianship can be accessed at:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2005\/1109\/contents\/made\">The Special Guardianship Regulations 2005<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/uksi\/2016\/111\/made\">The Special Guardianship (Amendment) Regulations 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Education also provides <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/656593\/Special_guardianship_statutory_guidance.pdf\">Statutory Guidance on Special Guardianship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A commissioned <a href=\"https:\/\/corambaaf.org.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/kinship-care\/special-guardianship\/summary%2520of%2520relevant%2520SGO%2520case%2520law%2520judgments.pdf\">summary of relevant case law judgments<\/a> has been prepared by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division (until July 2018) and Lucy Logan Green, Barrister, 4 Paper Buildings Chambers\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legal Framework for Special Guardianship in England Special guardianship is regulated by the following Acts and regulations: The Children Act 1989 was amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 to establish special guardianship. The following sections of the Children &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/legal-framework-for-special-guardianship-in-england\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"showcase.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/specialguardianship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}