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The protection of foster parents right to family and the best interests of the child

October 01, 2019

By Kartica van de Zon, assistant professor of Family Law, Leiden Law School, the Child Law Department On 9 April 2019, the ECtHR delivered its judgement in the case V.D and others v Russia. The case concerned a seriously disabled boy who had been in the care of his foster mother for nine years. Typically […]