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Legal Terms - concurrent planning (twin-track planning)
the preparation required to match qualified foster and adoptive parents with specific children in local government care. First, the strategy calls for the caregivers to make a good effort to get the child back to his or her parents. The caregivers will continue to care for the child and file for adoption if it is clear that this will not happen in a timely manner. The objective

Concurrent planning aims to minimize the amount of movements a child in care must endure. "Dual planning" was defined as the circumstance in which a local authority seeks a *placement order (preliminary to adoption) despite realizing that a suitable adoptive placement may not be found and that long-term foster care is the more likely outcome for the child in Re P (Placement Orders: Parental Consent) [2008] EWCA Civ 535. This practice was approved by the Court of Appeal.



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