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Senior Communications and Engagement Officer at @CV_UHB Former Health Editor for @WalesOnline
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Review of contact after adoption

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By - Mark Smith, Mark Smith
| stephens-scown.co.uk
The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane recently asked a senior High Court Judge to undertake a review of adoption as part of wider review to better address the needs of children and their families. That report is now available and it has some very interesting things to say about the issue of contact between adopted children and birth parents. Contact after adoption For a number of years, the seemingly accepted wisdom was that direct contact should not take place post adoption.
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State launches program to help families buy groceries for children

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By Mark Smith
| Baltimore Fishbowl Verified
The state has launched Maryland SUN Bucks, a new program to help families buy groceries for eligible school-aged children during the summer months. Building on the state’s existing Summer Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Maryland SUN Bucks will serve a record 543,000 children across the state through more than $60 million in new funding from the federal government. Read more at The Business Monthly.
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The myth of “grandparents rights”

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By Mark Smith, - Mark Smith
| stephens-scown.co.uk
It is surprising that after many years of undertaking this work how certain myths persist within children law. One of those myths is in relation to “grandparents rights”. This is the idea or concept that grandparents automatically have rights over their grandchildren, which includes the right to spend time with them. Perhaps this myth has persisted given the amount of time and resources committed by grandparents to their grandchildren and various comments made in newspapers and opinion columns.
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