A (a child) (Care and placement order)

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.

MR. X � (instructed by the Local Authority) appeared on behalf of the Applicant .

MISS Y � (instructed by Chesham & Co. Solicitors) appeared on behalf of the Respondent .

I am today concerned with applications for a care order and a placement order in respect of a little boy named A , who was born on 12 June 2013.� His mother is Z and his father is unknown.� A�s mother is just 16.� She is soon to be 17 and is herself a looked after child.� Z has declined to provide any details about A�s father, save to say that she does not want the baby to hear negative things about his father.

�A was very much a wanted baby.� Z made clear that she wanted to have and care for her own child to experience and share the unconditional love which she feels she never experienced with� her own mother and father.