34 Parental contact etc with children in care
Children Act 1989 (1989 c 41) | Legislation

34  Parental contact etc with children in care

(1)     Where a child is in the care of a local authority, the authority shall (subject to the provisions of this section [and their duty under section 22(3)(a)] [or, where the local authority is in Wales, under section 78(1)(a) of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014]) allow the child reasonable contact with—

(a)     his parents;

(b)     any guardian [or special guardian] of his;

[(ba)     any person who by virtue of section 4A has parental responsibility for him;]

(c)     where there was a [child arrangements] order in force with respect to the child immediately before the care order was made, [any person named in the child arrangements order as a person with whom the child was to live]; and

(d)     where, immediately before the care order was made a person had care of the child by virtue of an order made in the exercise of the High Court's inherent jurisdiction with respect to children, that person.

(2)     On an application made by the authority or the child, the court may make such order as it considers appropriate with respect to the contact which is to be allowed between the child

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