ECC (The Local Authority) v SM (A Child) & Ors [2010] EWHC 1694 (Fam) (14 July 2010)

Application by the local authority for the placement of a child with kinship carers in the USA. Held that the court can give leave for the child to be removed to the USA for the purposes of the period required by Section 42 of the 2002 Act and that the taking up of such leave would not involve a breach of Section 85.

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