Keyword

Contact Order

A Contact Order is an Order made by the Court requiring the person with whom a child lives to allow the child to have contact with the person named in the order. The Order is made under Section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act 2001, where the child is not the subject of a Care Order.

Where a child is the subject of a Care Order, there is a general duty on the local authority to promote contact between the child and the parents.