Tillgodoses principen om barnets bästa när barnet flyttar hem till sina biologiska föräldrar efter upphörande av vård med stöd av LVU? …eller är det föräldrarnas bästa som tillgodoses?
(2020) LAGF03 20201Department of Law
Faculty of Law
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Ur FN:s Barnkonvention följer principen om att det som anses vara barnets bästa måste vara avgörande vid alla beslut som rör barn. Konventionen blev svensk lag 1 januari 2020, men har varit en del av svensk rätt längre än så. Sverige ratificerade barnkonventionen år 1990 och sedan dess har principen successivt inkorporerats i svensk lagstiftning. Principen är bland annat en viktig del av skyddslagstiftningen LVU, den lag som ger socialtjänsten rätt att omhänderta barn i utsatta positioner.
Uppsatsen behandlar de situationer där vård med stöd av LVU har beslutats ska upphöra. Å ena sidan är grundtanken med LVU att vården ska avslutas när de missförhållanden som föranlett omhändertagandet har upphört. Å andra sidan konstateras redan i... (More) - Ur FN:s Barnkonvention följer principen om att det som anses vara barnets bästa måste vara avgörande vid alla beslut som rör barn. Konventionen blev svensk lag 1 januari 2020, men har varit en del av svensk rätt längre än så. Sverige ratificerade barnkonventionen år 1990 och sedan dess har principen successivt inkorporerats i svensk lagstiftning. Principen är bland annat en viktig del av skyddslagstiftningen LVU, den lag som ger socialtjänsten rätt att omhänderta barn i utsatta positioner.
Uppsatsen behandlar de situationer där vård med stöd av LVU har beslutats ska upphöra. Å ena sidan är grundtanken med LVU att vården ska avslutas när de missförhållanden som föranlett omhändertagandet har upphört. Å andra sidan konstateras redan i lagens första paragraf att det som anses vara bäst för barnet ska vara avgörande vid alla beslut. Syftet med uppsatsen har varit att utreda huruvida lagstiftningen tillgodoser principen om barnets bästa i praktiken när tvångsomhändertagna barn ska flytta hem till sina biologiska föräldrar.
Första delen av uppsatsen består av en utredning om vad principen om barnets bästa är och vad den har för betydelse för svensk rätt. Det finns ingen klar definition av principen utan enbart riktlinjen att den ska tolkas utifrån barnets specifika situation och behov. Uppsatsen konstaterar att en bedömning blir relativt godtycklig och varierar från fall till fall, eftersom en gemensam tolkningsmall saknas.
Därefter klargörs den process som socialtjänsten följer när ett barn ska flytta hem till sina biologiska föräldrar. Eftersom uppsatsen enbart har fokuserat på de ärenden där barn har omhändertagits på grund av ohållbara hemförhållanden, innebär socialtjänstens uppgift att undersöka hur hemförhållandena ser ut efter barnets omhändertagande samt uppskatta om barnets behov nu kan tillgodoses av de biologiska föräldrarna. Till skillnad från när socialtjänsten utför en kontroll av ett potentiellt familjehem, så finns det inga generellt uppställda krav gällande den biologiska familjen. LVU uppställer enbart kravet att förutsättningarna för vården inte längre föreligger. Kritik mot lagstiftningen framförs i uppsatsen då principen om barnets bästa inte kan anses tillgodoses i samband med att tvångsomhändertagna barn ska flytta hem till sina biologiska föräldrar. (Less) - Abstract
- Article 3 in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that what’s considered to be the best interests of the child must be decisive in all decisions concerning children. The Convention became Swedish law on 1 January 2020, but has been part of Swedish law for longer than that. Sweden ratified the Children's Convention in 1990 and since then, the principle has been gradually incorporated into Swedish legislation. The principle is, among other things, an important part of LVU, the law that gives the social services the right to take care of children in vulnerable positions.
The thesis addresses the situations where care with the support of LVU has been decided to cease. On the one hand, the basic idea with LVU is that care should... (More) - Article 3 in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child says that what’s considered to be the best interests of the child must be decisive in all decisions concerning children. The Convention became Swedish law on 1 January 2020, but has been part of Swedish law for longer than that. Sweden ratified the Children's Convention in 1990 and since then, the principle has been gradually incorporated into Swedish legislation. The principle is, among other things, an important part of LVU, the law that gives the social services the right to take care of children in vulnerable positions.
The thesis addresses the situations where care with the support of LVU has been decided to cease. On the one hand, the basic idea with LVU is that care should be terminated when the situation that led to the treatment has ceased. On the other hand, the first section of LVU states that what is considered best for the child must be decisive in all decisions. The purpose of the thesis has been to investigate whether the legislation satisfies the principle of the best interests of the child in practice when children are to move to their biological parents.
The first part of the thesis consists of an examination of what the principle of the child's best is and what significance it has for Swedish law. There is no clear definition of the principle, but according to guidelines it should be interpreted based on the child's specific situation and needs. The thesis states that an assessment becomes relatively arbitrary and varies from case to case, as there is no common interpretation template.
Thereafter, the process that the social service follows when a child is to move home to their biological parents is clarified. Since the thesis has focused solely on the cases where children have been taken care of because of unsustainable home conditions, the social service's task is to investigate how the home conditions look after the child's care and to estimate whether the child's needs now can be met by the biological parents. Unlike when the social service performs a check on a potential family home, there are no generally set requirements regarding the biological family. LVU merely establishes the requirement that the conditions for care no longer exist. Criticism of the legislation is stated in the essay because the principle of the best interests of the child cannot be considered in connection with children to move home to their biological parents. (Less)
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- Brandt, Linn LU
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- LAGF03 20201
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- 2020
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- M2 - Bachelor Degree
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- familjerätt, LVU, barnets bästa
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The thesis addresses the situations where care with the support of LVU has been decided to cease. On the one hand, the basic idea with LVU is that care should be terminated when the situation that led to the treatment has ceased. On the other hand, the first section of LVU states that what is considered best for the child must be decisive in all decisions. The purpose of the thesis has been to investigate whether the legislation satisfies the principle of the best interests of the child in practice when children are to move to their biological parents.
The first part of the thesis consists of an examination of what the principle of the child's best is and what significance it has for Swedish law. There is no clear definition of the principle, but according to guidelines it should be interpreted based on the child's specific situation and needs. The thesis states that an assessment becomes relatively arbitrary and varies from case to case, as there is no common interpretation template.
Thereafter, the process that the social service follows when a child is to move home to their biological parents is clarified. Since the thesis has focused solely on the cases where children have been taken care of because of unsustainable home conditions, the social service's task is to investigate how the home conditions look after the child's care and to estimate whether the child's needs now can be met by the biological parents. Unlike when the social service performs a check on a potential family home, there are no generally set requirements regarding the biological family. LVU merely establishes the requirement that the conditions for care no longer exist. Criticism of the legislation is stated in the essay because the principle of the best interests of the child cannot be considered in connection with children to move home to their biological parents.}},
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