‘Grossly neglected’ baby girl with eczema is ordered to be placed up for adoption by High Court judge after social worker found her skin bleeding and ‘falling on the floor’
- A social worker found that the baby’s skin was bleeding and falling on the floor
- Baby was placed into foster care and her eczema was treated and she thrived
- Judge ruled the girl’s parents would never be able to adequately look after her
A ‘grossly neglected’ baby girl with eczema that left her bleeding has been ordered to be put up for adoption, a High Court judge has ruled.
But Mr Justice Mostyn says the coronavirus crisis may mean a delay in finding a new home.
The judge has concluded the little girl, who is yet to celebrate her first birthday, was not safe in the care of either her mother or father.
He said the girl’s health had been ‘grossly neglected’ by her mother. She had suffered from eczema from birth.
A ‘grossly neglected’ baby girl with eczema that left her bleeding has been ordered to be put up for adoption, a High Court (pictured) judge has ruled
Late last year, a social worker had told how, when her clothes were removed, she was bleeding and ‘her skin was falling on the floor’.
The girl had been placed with foster carers shortly after the social worker’s report.
Mr Justice Mostyn said she had thrived in foster care and her eczema was under control.
Council social services bosses said she should be placed for adoption.
The girl’s mother and father said their parenting skills should be further assessed.
Mr Justice Mostyn ruled that she should be placed for adoption. The judge said social services staff had made ‘every effort’ to see if the woman and her daughter could ‘function together’.
The judge, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court in London, analysed the case at a recent Skype hearing and has outlined his conclusions in a written ruling published online
But, he said, every attempt had failed.
‘I recognise that the existing national medical emergency may well mean that there will be a delay in matching (the girl) with proposed adopters,’ he said.
‘That is not a reason for delaying implementation of the proposal.’
The judge, who is based in the Family Division of the High Court in London, analysed the case at a recent Skype hearing and has outlined his conclusions in a written ruling published online.
He has not named anyone involved, including the council with responsibility for the girl’s care.
‘Severing the bond between parent and child is a momentous thing,’ said Mr Justice Mostyn.
‘It has been said that with the abolition of capital punishment it is arguably the most serious order that a judge in this country can make.
‘The child will grow to adulthood in a completely different family to that which nature had intended.
‘In my judgment, it is inconceivable that either of these parents could ever be trusted safely to bring up (the girl).’