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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Court delays leave tens of thousands of children in limbo after parents split

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Children who have been taken away from their parents are having to wait 46 weeks on average to get a final decision on where they will live. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA

Tens of thousands of children in England and Wales have been left in limbo by delays in the family court that have meant many waiting over a year for their future to be resolved.

The Law Society said the system was in crisis, after data showed that children removed from their parents were having to wait an average of 46 weeks to get a final decision on where they would live.

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