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<\/a>The country\u2019s most senior family judge yesterday launched a furious attack on social workers who failed to tell parents why their children were being adopted \u2013 and suggested that in future the same offence could carry a jail term.<\/p>\nAccording to Daily Mail Local authority workers in Bristol ignored a court order requiring them to explain why the couple\u2019s two children were being taken for adoption.<\/p>\n
They only released the information to the parents 45 minutes before the decision was due to be finalised, giving the family no real hope of mounting a challenge in court.<\/p>\n
Sir James Munby, who is President of the Family Division, said their behaviour was \u2018deplorable\u2019 and \u2018symptomatic of a deeply rooted culture in family courts\u2019.<\/p>\n
In his judgment, he accused the social workers of having a \u2018slapdash\u2019 and \u2018lackadaisical\u2019 attitude to court orders.<\/p>\n
He said the couple, who were facing the \u2018permanent loss of two children\u2019 had been denied \u2018vitally important\u2019 information.<\/p>\n
He also warned that in future, there would be \u2018consequences\u2019 for social workers, suggesting that they could be jailed for contempt if they fail to comply with court orders \u2013 an offence that carries a sentence of up to two years.<\/p>\n
Until now, local authority workers have largely been protected by family courts, which also routinely tolerate delays and inefficiencies in their work.<\/p>\n
By contrast, members of the public who have failed to comply with court orders have been dealt with severely.<\/p>\n
The most notorious case of this was the prison sentence for contempt handed down to Wanda Maddocks, who wanted to get her father out of a care home where she thought he was being ill-treated.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The country\u2019s most senior family judge yesterday launched a furious attack on social workers who failed to tell parents why their children were being adopted \u2013 and suggested that in future the same offence could carry a jail term.<\/p>\n