Family Emergency Procedures : A Guide to Child Protection and Domestic Violence

Containing procedural guidance for use in family emergencies, this work covers the protection of children at risk, children in care or accommodation, child abduction, and individuals or families affected by domestic violence. It is intended particularly for busy practitioners and advisers, especially the non-specialist, and sets out advice to be given and the legal remedies available at each stage. There are also checklists, precedents and forms. This revised edition contains the provisions of the Family Law Act 1996, including the new domestic-violence legislation.