Dear Sparky63 Thank you for your post and welcome to the Board. Your main question seems to ask whether you should consider becoming a special guardian for your grandchildren or ask to be a foster (kinship) carer for them. The most helpful advice I am able to give is to suggest that in the first ins...

Good afternoon every one we are trying to get custody of our grandson we have completed an sgo assessment and we still haven't seen the report and court I Monday now la are going to push for him to be put into foster care. He's only 10 months old and we are bonded with him but are not part of the c...

Hello everyone, I’d like to let you know Family Rights Group's availability over the Christmas period. The office, advice line and digital advice services will close at 3pm on Friday, 22 December 2023 and will reopen at 9.30am on Tuesday, 2 January 2024. The advice forums will be moderated on Wednes...

Dear lumiru Welcome back to the kinship carers’ discussion board. Thank you for your two posts. You have already had a helpful response from another kinship carer. He has posted a link to a similar query which addresses some of the issues you have raised. He has also explained that as both parents a...

Hi everyone, I looked after my godson under an interim CAO until September 2023 where I became his Special Guardian. Whilst being assessed for a SGO I was financially assessed by the Connected Persons team and a figure of £202.06 was calculated. Unfortunately this was not calculated on the correct ...

I am 1 of 2 on an SGO for our daughter, me and my partner have split and he has cut me off totally. What are my right as part of the sgo and is there anything I can do to get this issue resolved before I involve the courts. Many thanks. Dear It’s a sad day, Thank you for posting again. I am sorry t...

Dear Weeg Welcome to the kinship carers’ board. Thank you for your post. My name is Suzie. I am Family Rights Group’s online adviser. I am sorry to hear about your difficult family situation. I am also very sorry that I was unable to respond to your post sooner. However, you have had some helpful ad...

Dear Help needed Have a look at our information here about child arrangements order allowances. You said in your previous post that the children were under a care order? Please do read in detail what the effects of such an order are (for children and their carers) outlined in our previous message. I...

Dear Help needed Thank you for post and welcome to the Board. Generally, if children are living with anyone (other than a parent or other person with PR) and they are under a care order , the local authority has parental responsibility (PR) for them and the children are considered ‘looked after chil...

Dear SHC99 Thank you for your post. My name is Suzie, I am an online adviser and will be replying to you today. You have been caring for your niece for the last three years. There is a care order in place and your plan is to make an application to court for a residence order in the future. Your niec...