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This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
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I am concerned with two girls, K who was born in November 2012, and P who was born in August 2014. The applicant is Bradford Metropolitan District Council represented today by Miss Caroline Shields of counsel. The application is for discharge of a care order. The girls' mother is A. She is not represented today. I have had a brief conversation with her, and her mother is in court with her. Both are very pleased that the application has been made.
The girls' father is R. He is not represented and has not attended today. He attended at the last hearing and I was able, at that stage, to have some discussion with him. His position has vacillated. He initially did not want the care order to be discharged but his concern, I think, was really born out of the level of contact and what was going to happen in the future. At the last hearing he consented to the order being made.
There is, of course, still a risk. She remains vulnerable but she is a lot less vulnerable than she was. She has maintained a separation from R, in fact a criticism is made of the maternal family that they have distanced themselves from him because he admitted causing an injury to P. Having said that, I can understand why they feel that way given the findings I made about the father and that caution is a protective factor. Certainly the good working of the family with the local authority has meant that the outcome for these girls has been very successful indeed.
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