Last year, Saxony’s youth welfare offices referred 956 cases to family court. The court then ruled on 1,311 measures, according to the State Statistical Office. The reason for this was that the custodial parents were unwilling or unable to avert danger to the child or had objected to the child being taken into custody, according to the report.
In 297 cases, the court required that support from child and youth welfare services be sought. In 157 cases, the rulings involved prohibitions or orders—such as, for example, an order to ensure compliance with compulsory schooling or a prohibition on contacting the child. In addition, the court ordered 421 full and 357 partial transfers of parental custody to the youth welfare office or to a third party acting as guardian.
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