This guide analyzes in full the radical changes being implicated by The Children Act 1989. Among the changes detailed are: new grounds for care orders; a new concept of parental responsibility; court control over parental, reponsibility; new provisions for guardianship; emergency protection orders replacing place of safety orders - and more. This book looks at each section of the act in detail, as well as explaining how the new law differs from the old. It also gives coverage of the radical changes being made in child law. The important sections are reproduced in full. Each provision of the statute is investigated, considering not only the implications for children, parents, lawyers and social workers, but also for all those involved in any way with child care law. Linda Feldman is a solicitor who works for a large children's charity and is the author of "Care Proceedings". Barbara Mitchels is a solicitor in private practice and author of "Child Care and Protection" in the "Longman Practice Notes" series. This book should prove to be of interest to solicitors, barristers, the Social Services, local authorites, Citizen Advice Bureaux and children's charities.