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Birth family turned our adopted sons against us © Getty Images Three-quarters of adopted children experienced neglect or abuse in their birth families, raising concerns about contact Claire and Ed adopted their sons 13 years ago. When the brothers found their biological family on social media aged 15 and 16, it took just three months for them to cut off all contact with their adoptive parents. Claire and Ed say their children were sent "intrusive" messages from their birth family and withdre...

Introduction 1. On Sunday 20 November 2016, probably in the early hours of that day, S then aged 10, died in her bedroom at the family home. This case is concerned with the question as to whether the circumstances of her death pose a risk to her younger siblings so as to require the intervention of the state. 2. The family home was that of her parents. Also living there were two older brothers, E and W. S also had three younger siblings, a sister X and two brothers, Z and A. Apart from them,...