Category: adoption

In re X (Adopted Child: Access to Court File) – WLR Daily

Posted September 15th, 2014 in adoption, birth certificates, disclosure, family courts, grandparents, law reports by tracey

In re X (Adopted Child: Access to Court File)[2014] EWFC 33; [2014] WLR (D) 390

‘Since FPR 2010 r 14.24 was not subject to the qualification that it applied only “in exceptional circumstances” there was nothing which required the same approach to apply in the case of an application under rule 14.24 (or its predecessors) as applied in the case of an application under section 79(4) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 although, given the context, an application under rule 14.24 should always be approached with an appropriate degree of caution.’

WLR Daily, 9th September 2014

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Woman wins permission to look at late father’s adoption files – The Guardian

Posted September 10th, 2014 in adoption, birth certificates, disclosure, documents, family courts, grandparents, news by sally

‘A woman has been granted permission to look at court files relating to her father’s adoption to discover the identity of her grandmother, in a ground-breaking judgment that sets a precedent for revealing secret family histories.’

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The Guardian, 9th September 2014

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Surrogacy Law Update (September 2014) – Family Law Week

Posted September 5th, 2014 in adoption, news, surrogacy by tracey

‘In this inaugural surrogacy update, Andrew Powell, barrister, of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent judgments in the High Court.’

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Family Law Week, 4th September 2014

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In re P (A Child) (Adoption: Step-Parent’s Application) – WLR Daily

Posted August 22nd, 2014 in adoption, children, consent, human rights, law reports, proportionality by tracey

In re P (A Child) (Adoption: Step-Parent’s Application); [2014] EWCA Civ 1174; [2014] WLR (D) 381

‘In an adoption application, the key to the approach both to evaluating the needs of a child’s welfare throughout his or her life and to dispensing with parental consent was proportionality. Although the same statutory provisions in respect of welfare and consent, namely sections 1 and 52 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, applied to an application to adopt by a step-parent, a distinction was to be drawn between adoption in the context of compulsory and permanent placement outside the family against the wishes of the child’s parents, and a step-parent adoption where the child was remaining in the care of one or other of his parents.’

WLR Daily, 15th August 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Mothers’ names to be added to UK marriage registers in equality move – The Guardian

Posted August 18th, 2014 in adoption, budgets, children, dispute resolution, divorce, documents, equality, families, marriage, names, news, sex discrimination, women by tracey

‘The names of couples’ mothers are to be added to marriage registers for the first time as the government addresses “another inequality in marriage” by introducing the first reforms to the system in more than 150 years, David Cameron has announced.’

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The Guardian, 18th August 2014

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Parents accused of ’emotionally harming’ child by not naming him, win right to appeal – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 4th, 2014 in adoption, appeals, care homes, children, learning difficulties, names, news by sally

‘A couple from Hertfordshire who had their five-month-old baby taken off them because they refused to name him, have won the right to appeal the decision.’

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Daily Telegraph, 1st August 2014

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Passport official suspended over ‘interrogation’ of gay applicant – The Guardian

Posted July 14th, 2014 in adoption, children, complaints, disciplinary procedures, homosexuality, immigration, news, sexual orientation discrimination by sally

‘The Home Office has suspended a passport official and ordered a disciplinary investigation after the employee subjected a gay father-of-two to a lengthy interrogation about his sexual history and the details of his adoptions in front of the man’s four-year-old son.’

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The Guardian, 13th July 2014

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Family comes first (even if they’re in Poland) – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 11th, 2014 in adoption, appeals, care orders, families, grandparents, human rights, news by sally

‘In this successful appeal against care and placement orders in respect of a young infant with Polish parents, the Court of Appeal were sharply critical of comments made by the first instance judge which made it clear he had closed his mind at an early stage to the possibility of the baby being looked after by her grandparents in Poland. The Court held that both the judge and the local authority had failed to give sufficient weight to their positive obligation under Article 8 to consider ways of retaining a child within the family.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 10th July 2014

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Care Orders and Home Placements: removal and the public funding conundrum – Family Law Week

Posted July 8th, 2014 in adoption, appeals, care orders, children, human rights, local government, news, Supreme Court by tracey

‘Michael Jones, barrister, of 15 Winckley Square Chambers considers the lessons to be learned from Re DE (A Child) when care plans provide for placements at home with the family.’

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Family Law Week, 7th July 2014

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Thousands of mothers have multiple babies removed – BBC News

Posted June 23rd, 2014 in adoption, alcohol abuse, budgets, care orders, children, drug abuse, family courts, local government, news, statistics by sally

‘Thousands of mothers over the past seven years have had successive children removed by family courts in England, the BBC has learned.’

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BBC News, 23rd June 2014

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Slovak parents fail to block adoption by gay couple – BBC News

Posted May 27th, 2014 in adoption, families, homosexuality, human rights, news by sally

‘Two Slovakian parents have failed to block the adoption of two of their sons by a same sex couple in Kent.’

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BBC News, 24th May 2014

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High Court makes adoption call for baby with no name – BBC News

Posted May 27th, 2014 in adoption, care orders, learning difficulties, names, news, social services by sally

‘A baby with no name is to be placed for adoption after a High Court judge highlighted concerns about his father’s hostility to social workers.’

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BBC News, 25th May 2014

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The Serial Removal of Children from Young Mothers – is this right? – Family Law Week

Posted May 19th, 2014 in adoption, budgets, care orders, children, families, family courts, fostering, news, pilot schemes, statistics by sally

‘Maureen N Obi-Ezekpazu, FRSA, Barrister and Mediator, Family Matters, asks what can be done to help the plight of young mothers who have had several children permanently removed.’

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Family Law Week, 18th May 2014

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Baby in Alessandra Pacchieri forced caesarean case adopted – The Guardian

Posted April 16th, 2014 in adoption, birth, children, consent, Court of Protection, Italy, mental health, news by tracey

‘The daughter of an Italian woman who had a forced caesarean section while in the UK has been adopted by “good and loving people”, the country’s top family judge has announced.’

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The Guardian, 15th April 2014

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In re G (A Child) (Non-relative Carer: application for leave for residence order; application for joinder to proceedings) – WLR Daily

Posted April 10th, 2014 in adoption, appeals, carers, children, law reports, residence orders by sally

In re G (A Child) (Non-relative Carer: application for leave for residence order; application for joinder to proceedings) [2014] EWCA 432; [2014] WLR (D) 159

‘Where, in adoption proceedings, an unrelated carer sought leave to be joined and to apply for a residence order, care was required in looking to the questions of: locus under the various potentially applicable statutory provisions; whether, and if so how, to have regard to a “change in circumstances”; and whether the child’s welfare was to be regarded as paramount.’

WLR Daily, 8th April 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Plan to give adopted children new identities to stop birth parents finding them – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 4th, 2014 in adoption, care orders, change of name, child abuse, contact orders, families, news, social services by sally

‘Social services ask High Court to give two young children new names and even cut links with other siblings to protect them from abusive parents.’

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd April 2014

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Care Proceedings: Who is Best Placed to Provide Best Evidence? – Family Law Week

Posted April 2nd, 2014 in adoption, care orders, consent, expert witnesses, families, human rights, news, social services by sally

‘Eleanor Battie, barrister of Crown Office Row, Brighton, asks whether the demand for speed in care proceedings is at the cost of best expert evidence.’

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Family Law Week, 1st April 2014

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) becomes part of the Ministry of Justice – Ministry of Justice

Posted April 2nd, 2014 in adoption, care orders, children, divorce, families, family courts, Ministry of Justice, news by sally

‘The welfare of children will be brought closer to the family court system as key safeguarding organisation Cafcass joins the Ministry of Justice, Family Justice Minister Simon Hughes has announced.’

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Ministry of Justice, 1st April 2014

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

Rape victim’s children face ‘barbaric’ forced adoption – BBC News

Posted March 28th, 2014 in adoption, children, domestic violence, news, rape by sally

‘A mother has described a decision to put her children up for adoption over fears that she may get back with her violent former partner as “barbaric”.’

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BBC News, 27th March 2014

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Care Proceedings: The European Dimension – Family Law Week

Posted March 26th, 2014 in adoption, care orders, children, EC law, families, human rights, jurisdiction, local government, news by sally

‘Michael Jones, barrister of 15 Winckley Square Chambers, offers a guide to practitioners conducting care proceedings involving families with European origins.’

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Family Law Week, 25th March 2014

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk