A law to protect children from being removed because of parental mental illness.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

There needs to be a law in place protecting families where mental illnesses are present. A diagnosis does not define a person or a parent so why are local authorities up and down the country failing to provide support for families and going straight to court proceedings when support can be offered.

"Social care in England is 'a tower of Jenga held together with Sellotape', independent review warns. A "revolving door" of social workers."- Independent review of social services 17/06/2021. No one should be afraid of social services for having a mental illness/asking for mental health support and yet so many are. If the only evidence of harm is a diagnosis then support for managing it and understanding the individual should be priority, not removing their children.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

There's no automatic requirement for children to be removed when parents are suffering from mental health problems, but you might want to sign this petition that deals with the issue in a different way

Stop courts being able to grant care orders based on risk of future suffering

Timeline

1 Jul 2021	Petition opened for signatures
7 Jul 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 7 Jul 2021

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