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voluntary accommodation
Accommodation provided under the Children Act 1989 s 20 by a local authority for children whose parents are temporarily unable to look after them or for children who have been abandoned. (It is important to distinguish between a child who is being accommodated by a local authority and a child who is the subject of a care order.) The purpose of a local authority in supplying accommodation is to support children in need and their families; it is not in principle a means for the local authority to gain control of the child against the parents’ wishes. The local authority does not acquire parental responsibility for a child who is accommodated; parents with parental responsibility may object and remove the child without notice and without the consent of the local authority. This is in contrast to a child who is the subject of a care order, where the local authority acquires parental responsibility for that child and may act against the parents’ wishes. |