Family law experts are calling for more consistency between courts and social workers when it comes to dealing with care orders.
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The Child Care Law Reporting Project says there are "striking" and "huge variations" in how the matters are dealt with between the services – with some children removed from their families for minor parental drug use – while some orders are rejected in spite of "powerful" evidence.
Childrens’ Minister James Reilly says taking children into state care is a "last resort".
