Child Assessment Order

English Legal System: Child Assessment Order

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Child Assessment Order : An order of the court made when a local authority or the NSPCC has concerns for a child’s welfare in circumstances when the child’s parents are refusing to allow the child to be medically or otherwise examined. The order authorizes such an examination. If a local authority fears that a child is in immediate danger, or when it is denied access to a child, an *emergency protection order should be applied for rather than a child assessment order.