K, T and U (Placement of Children with Kinship Carers Abroad) [2019] EWFC 59

After a dispiriting sequence of events, the net result of which is that after 21 months of care proceedings the welfare outcome for three children remains uncertain, Recorder Samuels, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, records and considers the difficult issues that had arisen surrounding placement with family members abroad. The judgment draws together research, guidance and case-law to provide invaluable assistance in respect of the challenges inherent in making safe and lawful kinship placements abroad.