'Suesspiciousminds' regarding 'Deemed threshold'

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The Court of Appeal have just given judgment in a case where the Court had made earlier orders saying that if the parents did not respond to threshold criteria by x date, threshold would be deemed to be met. The parents did not attend the IRH and the Judge at first instance made Care Orders and found threshold to be met in accordance with the draft version of threshold.

 D, Re (Threshold Findings and Final Orders at IRH) [2025] EWCA Civ 1362 (30 October 2025)
URL: https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2025/1362.html

The Court of Appeal noted some failings with the threshold document, and also noted that the father had provided an earlier response to threshold indicating that he disputed it.

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