In re P (A Child)(Adoption proceedings) – Times Law Reports

Posted June 29th, 2007 in adoption, law reports by sally

Two-stage decision process for judges 

In re P (A Child) (Adoption proceedings)

Court of Appeal

“Judges hearing applications by parents for leave to defend adoption proceedings after a placement order had been made had to undertake a two-stage process: first, decide whether there had been sufficient change of circumstance; then consider what the welfare of the child required.”

The Times, 29th June 2007

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