True or False: Care orders
can only be made by the
court.
"True: Under section 31 of the Children Act 1989, the local
authority (or in some circumstances other authorised
persons) can apply to the court for a child or young person
to become the subject of a care order.
Once a care order is made, the local authority obtains
parental responsibility in addition to the other parental
responsibility holders.
A care order can only be made on young people below the
age of 17 and cannot be made on a young person who is 16
years old and married