Family Law query

VegetaIRL8e · 2022-04-21 08:58:02

Hi all, I thought this would be a better Forum than the Family one, but Mods, please feel free to move if you think it should. Can anyone tell me what the difference between a Section 32 and or 47 is? Do both of them involve meeting with child and parents seperately or does a certain one only involve meeting the child? I…

21-04-2022 09:58AM

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Hi all,
I thought this would be a better Forum than the Family one, but Mods, please feel free to move if you think it should.
Can anyone tell me what the difference between a Section 32 and or 47 is? Do both of them involve meeting with child and parents seperately or does a certain one only involve meeting the child? I spoke to a solicitor about this several months ago and through reading it seems to contradict what I was told.

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AFAIK (not a legal professional) - A Section 32 report is between the child and a psychologist only. A Section 47 report definitely involves both the child and the parents and a psychologist.

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