“The children’s dual heritage is an important factor, which plainly must be taken into account in family finding,” the judge’s ruling stated Getty ImagesA judge has said that social workers must consider the dual cultural heritage of five mixed-race children as “an important factor” when placing them in local authority care. Care plans are being drawn up for the children after police raided their family home and found drugs. Details of the case are set out in a ruling delivered by the judge following a private family court hearing in Derby. Judge Clifford Bellamy said the children, aged between five months and ten years, have a white British mother and fathers who are “Pakistani-British”. He said that the “dual heritage” of the five children would have to be taken into account when Derbyshire county council social…

Source: The Times September 06, 2017 11:04 UTC