On their return she was made a ward of court.

A while later she married and had a second baby; it was made a ward of court.

Then I went to prison and they made the baby a ward of court without telling me.

The children were taken to a judge and made wards of court.

The girl has been in a council children's home and with foster parents since being made a ward of court.

I had her made a ward of court to my mum because the social services - they are terrible people.

I was left an orphan at an early age and became a ward of court.

Gemma has been a ward of court since 12 February.

John was a ward of court for some part of his childhood.

Alex was made a ward of court but lived with the Demetrious.

If such consent is withheld, then the doctor could seek to have the child made a ward of court.

At the age of seven, Morton was made a ward of court and never lived with her natural parents again.

I didn't understand the "ward of court" part, but I knew what returning to my mother's custody meant.

She went to my daughter's school and told them, which resulted in my daughter's teacher making her a ward of court.

Obviously I can't do anything dramatic overnight, due to circumstances, what with my little girl being a ward of court, and me not having a home.

In loco parentis had only precedent legal meaning for wards of court.

They told her that the children had been made wards of court and that she must release them into his custody, which she did.

Social services officials took the twins from the Kilshaws last Thursday and were applying today to have them made wards of court.

The judge eventually allowed Elwes to be released from custody but ordered that Kennedy remain a ward of court.

Before the coming into force of the Children Act 1989, the appropriate step would have been an application to make W. a ward of court.

Marja van Bijsterveldt spoke against Dekker and agreed with the decision to make her a ward of court.

They tried to make Daniel a ward of court - but Mrs Stoneman stuck to her guns.

The McCanns applied to have her made a ward of court in 2007 so that the court's statutory powers can be used on her behalf.

Disappeared British girl Madeleine McCann was made a ward of court, during summer 2007, on application by her parents.

"I think a better option for us would be to apply to have Verity made a ward of court, on the grounds of your wife's mental state."