Hmm. One assumes this is a different case to the boy who has been returned to his father with the judge forbidding further contact from a certain charity?
As always with complex child welfare cases, it is best practice not to assume. Dr Harrop should be very aware of this.
from the petition:
"'On the 9th February 2016 Justice - removed a 6 years old trans child from their mother. The ruling was made contrary to the expert views of the court-appointed professionals and the Local Authority. "
final hearing transcript of the case which you mention, October 2016, at which point the child was 7 years having been placed with his father previously:
www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2016/2430.html
Guardian article November 2016:
'Parents fear transgender children will be taken away after court ruling
Ex-partners reportedly emboldened by high court ruling have suggested they will try to get custody of children'
"Parents of transgender children fear their ex-partners will sue them for custody of their children after the high court ruled that a seven-year-old child who the mother perceives as transgender should be removed from her care.
Four mothers of trans children have said their ex-partners have threatened to take them to court for custody of their child in the wake of the ruling, says Mermaids, an organisation that supports young trans people and their families, which also supported the mother in the high court case.
“We have had four separate parents come forward, in cases where the ex-partner doesn’t agree with the child’s [gender] presentation,” said Susie Green, CEO of Mermaids. “All the ones that have come through so far have been the mum who has custody and the father is unsupportive.” (continues)
www.theguardian.com/society/2016/nov/22/parents-fear-transgender-children-will-be-taken-away-after-court-ruling
Times article 2017 regarding the judge's direction re Mermaids (with clarification):
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mermaids-uk-charity-ban-as-boy-forced-to-live-as-girl-dvx3j99cn
Fox Fisher's comment on petition also noteworthy,
"This trans child deserves to express her gender as she chooses and deserves to be reunited with her loving mother. Her mum has been robbed of many years of her only child growing up and has missed crucial years of her development. Reunite this loving family immediately. Justice for this mum and daughter!"