Threshold criteria

Glossary

That which the local authority must prove before a court consider making a care order or supervision order. The threshold criteria are met, if:

The child concerned is suffering, or is likely to suffer, significant harm and the harm, or likelihood of harm, is attributable to either:
- The care given to the child, or likely to be given to him if the order were not made, being of a kind reasonable to expect a parent to give to him.
- The child being beyond parental control.

(Section 31(2), Children Act 1989.)

For more information, see Practice note, Care orders and supervision orders: threshold criteria.

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