Toddler Taken From Parents After Concerns About "Smoky Home"
The case was heard in Hull.
A two-year-old boy has been taken from his parents' care after a health visitor highlighted concerns about the level of cigarette smoke at his home.
A judge in Hull made the decision.
Health visitor Julie Allen told a family court judge that she had not come across such a smoky house'' in her 10-year career.
She described the little boy and his father being surrounded by a visible cloud of smoke'' - and said she had difficulty breathing.
Judge Louise Pemberton, who was also told of a number of other concerns about the way the youngster was being cared for, concluded that he should be placed for adoption.
Detail of the case has emerged in a written ruling by the judge following a family court hearing in Hull.
The judge said the family could not be identified. She did not identify the local authority which had asked for the little boy to be placed for adoption, but she named individual health and social services staff who had worked with the family.