{
  "abstract": "Local authorities may apply, under the Children Act 1989, to the Family Court for a care order in respect of a child under the age of 17 (or 16 if the child is married). The court may only make such an order if it is satisfied that the child is suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm. The attribution of the harm and the meaning of ‘harm’ is set out in the statute. While a care order is in place, the designated local authority (LA) has parental responsibility for the child in question, together with defined powers to determine the extent to which a parent may meet their parental responsibility for the child.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Robert Wheeler"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Extent to which local authorities will exercise their parental responsibility",
  "uid": "1baf6c7f-7ce5-52c0-86e3-01a4ecc6aa26"
}