C (Children Appeal)

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Counsel for the Local Authority: NOT KNOWN The Father appeared In Person, assisted by his McKenzie Friend, Z Counsel for the Guardian: MR BAILEY Hearing date: 30th May 2014 ____________________

The mother was M who died on 6 th January 2013. She was a white British woman. The father is F. Father is a black British man who has told me that his family's roots are in Cuba and also the United States of America. Father is named on the children's birth certificates. He has parental responsibility for the children. The Local Authority in the case is Salford City Council. The children's interests are represented by their Guardian.

The court also approved the Local Authority's final care plans and the order under section 34(4) was confirmed by the District Judge. The previous order had only been an interim order. The District Judge then goes on to say that since the making of the final order in March 2012, the contact has not progressed as one would have hoped and has continued to be problematic. There has therefore been limited indirect contact between the father and the children.