threshold document

Wiard Sterk Oct 28, 2012:

The Threshold Documents sets out the 'threshold criteria' for removal of children from parental care;

The Threshold Criteria
Before the Court can make a final Care or Supervision Order, it must be satisfied that
The Children are suffering or likely to suffer significant harm and
That the harm or likelihood of harm is attributable to:
The care given to the child is not what it would be reasonable to expect the parent to give him or
The children are beyond parental control.
This test for making the Care Order or Supervision Order is called the Threshold Criteria. The time at which the Court should be considering the Threshold Criteria is either at the date of the final hearing of the Application for the Care and Supervision Order, or the moment at which the Applicants initiated the procedure for the protection of the child i.e. started the Court case.

Source: http://www.edwardsduthie.com/guide-to-care-proceedings.html

Ik weet niet wat het nederlands equivalent is.

Sonia Bloch (asker) Oct 27, 2012:

parents unable to look afer children, social services have gone to court with a threshold document for the judge to decide their future care.

Tina Vonhof (X) Oct 26, 2012:

More context please.