***Update.. Birth mother has now been released and court has thankfully agreed she is not to have any direct or indirect contact.  (Following having to put our family through yet another S7 process forcing the children to be questioned inappropriately and more emotional stress.)  However, despite this birth mother still retains Parental Responsibility and we are waiting for a final hearing as despite her not having contact for years and not allowed any moving forwards, she has argued that the children do not remain living with me, stepmum, who has had them for five years and would rather see them in care!  The judges and social workers have specifically stated to her that her disagreeing is her right, but she will not win and is just prolonging the process and causing more stress, but this unfortunately is what is wrong with the system allowing parental abusers to maintain their parental rights over their victims!