RBC v R & G

Mr M Brookes-Baker, Counsel, for the Local Authority Ms A Meusz, Counsel, for the First Respondent Mother Ms F Harris, Counsel, for the Second Respondent Father Mr D Darlow, Solicitor, for the Fourth Respondent acting through his Children's Guardian ____________________

I am dealing with an application for a care order in respect of JG aged 6 months.

I have read all of the evidence contained in the Court Bundles and handed in through the course of this hearing, and heard from the mother. By common consent, no party sought to cross-examine the mother and no other witnesses were called to give live evidence. The remainder of this hearing has proceeded upon submissions.

The mother of JG is JR. His father is PJG who has parental responsibility for him by virtue of a Court order made on 30 th January 2015.

JR has two older children who were the subject of care proceedings in 2012. A number of assessments were carried out in the course of those proceedings. In February 2013 those proceedings concluded with an order for the children to live with their father and with a supervision order to RBC for 12 months. Contact between those children and JR was supervised.