Types of Kinship Care
There are different forms of kinship care, and depends on how the child came to live with you, if they are a ‘child in care’, and if you have parental responsibility or not.
Kinship carers may be caring for children through:
- informal arrangements or private fostering
- testamentary guardianship (where parents appoint guardians in their will)
- child arrangements order
- special guardianship order
- fostering as a connected person
Find out more on the differents forms of kinship care, how these arrangements are made, and what they mean, by visiting: What is kinship care? - Kinship
Family Rights Group also have guides to the legal types of kinship care and what duties exist for local authorities which are available below:
