Discuss the section 8 under The Children Act 1989, where family relation may have broken down.

In this essay I will discuss the section 8 order. The section 8 order is a piece of legislation which is a part of The Children Act 1989. This part deals with the childs welfare when a family breakdown. Its mainly concerns with the proceedings of childs welfare, residential, Parental Responsibilities (PR), care, and adoption or fostering. To explain the section 8 order, I will use two case studies to describe the proceeding procedure.

The Children Act consists of 108 sections, which makes it a relatively large piece of legislation (Allen, 1992: p.12). Part II of the Act is designed to change the range of orders which are associated with private disputes in family and matrimonial law formerly order for custody, access, care and control (Kent et al, 1990: p. xvi)….(short extract)