High Court overturns care order which saw baby taken from mum in hospital

A High Court judge has overturned an emergency care order under which a day-old baby was forcibly removed from his mother at a maternity hospital due to serious concerns of risk to his health and life if she left there with him.

High Court overturns care order which saw baby taken from mum in hospital

A High Court judge has overturned an emergency care order under which a day-old baby was forcibly removed from his mother at a maternity hospital due to serious concerns of risk to his health and life if she left there with him.

The court upheld an interim care order under which the baby remains in foster care.

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