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Appendix 3- CAFCASS

Appendix 3
CAFCASS - new terminology

Current name	New name after 1 April 2001
Guardian ad litem (Children Act 1989 - care related and secure accommodation)	Children's guardian
Welfare officer (Children Act section 7, where undertaken by CAFCASS)	Children and family reporter
Guardian ad litem (Adoption Act 1976 - adoption and freeing)	Children's guardian
Reporting officer (Adoption Act 1976 - adoption and freeing)	Reporting officer (no change)
Guardian ad litem (Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act - parental orders)	Parental order reported