Children and Young Persons Act 2008

Posted November 14th, 2008 in adoption, children, legislation, social services by sally

Children and Young Persons Act 2008 published

Full text of Act (PDF)

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Court win for smack row parents – BBC News

Posted November 5th, 2008 in adoption, corporal punishment, news by sally

“A couple who told social workers they had the right to smack their adopted son have won the right to a re-hearing in a bid to adopt his sister, aged two.”

Full story

BBC News, 4th November 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Are judges ‘cautious’ about human rights? – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 3rd, 2008 in adoption, human rights, judiciary, news, Northern Ireland by sally

“Law lord says they should boldly go where the European Court of Human Rights fears to tread, even if this will mean unmarried couples in Northern Ireland applying to adopt.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 31st October 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

In re S (a Child: Adoption) – Times Law Reports

Posted October 27th, 2008 in adoption, law reports by sally

In re S (a Child: Adoption)

Court of Appeal

“It was wrong to focus on whether a carer was a ‘potential’ rather than a ‘prospective’ adopter when considering whether to revoke a placement order placing a child for adoption.”

The Times, 27th October 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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In re S (A Child) – WLR Daily

Posted October 9th, 2008 in adoption, law reports, placement orders by sally

In re S (A Child); [2008] WLR (D) 308

“When considering whether to revoke a placement order placing a child for adoption with prospective adopters, it was wrong to focus on whether the carers were ‘potential’ adopters.”

WLR, 8th October 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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MJ and Another v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council – Times Law Report

Posted August 21st, 2008 in adoption, law reports by sally

MJ and Another v Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Court of Appeal

“Flaws in an adoption panel’s decision-making process could not be cured by a subsequent hearing in court.”

The Times, 21st August 2008

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Haringey London Borough Council v MA – WLR Daily

Posted July 25th, 2008 in adoption, law reports, parental responsibility by sally

Haringey London Borough Council v MA [2008] EWHC 1722 (Fam); [2008] WLR (D) 250

“The court could lawfully order the removal of a child from England and Wales pursuant to para 19 of Sch 2 to the Children Act 1989 to enable a local authority to assess whether adoption abroad by prospective adoptive parents would be the most appropriate welfare solution for that child.”

WLR Daily, 24th July 2008

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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In re P (Adoption: Unmarried couple) – Times Law Reports

Posted June 23rd, 2008 in adoption, human rights, law reports, parental rights by sally

In re P (Adoption: Unmarried couple)

House of Lords

“Regulations governing the adoption of children in Northern Ireland which prevented the consideration of an unmarried couple as potential adoptive parents were in breach of the couple’s rights to a family life, under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and article 14, prohibiting discrimination.”

The Times, 23rd June 2008

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In re P (Adoption: Unmarried couple) – WLR Daily

Posted June 20th, 2008 in adoption, human rights, law reports, parental rights by sally

In re P (Adoption: Unmarried couple) [2008] UKHL 38; [2008] WLR (D) 198

“Arts 14 and 15 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987, which prevented an unmarried couple from being considered as potential adoptive parents, were incompatible with the couple’s rights under articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”

WLR Daily, 19th June 2008

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SB v X County Council – Times Law Report

Posted May 29th, 2008 in adoption, law reports by sally

SB v X County Council

Court of Appeal

“In contentious adoption cases, where the court was dispensing with parental consent, the question of any contact between the children and their family members was for the court and not the local authority to resolve.”

The Times, 29th May 2008

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S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted May 28th, 2008 in adoption, law reports by sally

S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and Another

Court of Appeal

“In order to decide whether to grant leave to a parent to apply for revocation of an order placing a child for adoption, the correct test to be applied by the court was whether, in all the circumstances, including the parents’ prospects of securing revocation and the child’s interests, leave should be given.”

The Times, 28th May 2008

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SB v A County Council – WLR Daily

Posted May 22nd, 2008 in adoption, law reports by sally

SB v A County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 535; [2008] WLR (D) 160

A judge considering dispensing with parental consent to adoption had to focus on the child’s welfare ‘throughout his life’, to emphasise that adoption, unlike other forms of order, was something with lifelong implications.”

WLR Daily, 21st May 2008

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S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and another – WLR Daily

Posted May 19th, 2008 in adoption, law reports by sally

S-H v Kingston upon Hull City Council and another [2008] EWCA Civ 493; [2008] WLR (D) 154

“When deciding whether to grant leave to a parent to apply for revocation of an order placing a child for adoption, the court should ask itself the question whether, in all the circumstances, including the parent’s prospect of success in securing revocation and the child’s interests, leave should be given.”

WLR Daily, 16th May 2008

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C v East Sussex County Council (Adoption) – Times Law Reports

Posted May 9th, 2008 in adoption, law reports, social services by sally

C v East Sussex County Council (Adoption)

Court of Appeal

“While Parliament had given social workers wide powers, which they must not abuse, they had to remember that the court was the ultimate arbiter of what was in the best interests of a child.”

The Times, 9th May 2008

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Judges condemn ‘foul play’ on adoptions – The Times

Posted May 2nd, 2008 in adoption, news by sally

“Two senior judges have strongly criticised a local authority that forced through the adoption of a baby girl against the wishes of her father.”

Full story

The Times, 2nd May 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Man jailed for helping wife flee social services – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 8th, 2008 in adoption, news by sally

“A father has been jailed for helping his pregnant wife flee abroad because she was terrified that social services would take her baby.”

Full story

Daily Telegraph, 8th February 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Public law family fees – Ministry of Justice

Posted December 20th, 2007 in adoption, children, consultations, family courts, fees by sally

“A consultation on the government’s strategy for developing the fees system in the civil and family courts of England and Wales. The consultation sets out proposals to:

  • make changes to court fees in relation to Public Law Children Act process
  • make changes to fees charged for Adoption proceedings.”

Public Law Family Fees Consultation Paper (PDF)

Questionnaire (Word)

Ministry of Justice, 19th December 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty) – Times Law Reports

Posted December 5th, 2007 in adoption, law reports by sally

In re C (A child)(Adoption: Local authority duty)

Court of Appeal

“There was no duty on a local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care where mother wished to place the child for adoption.”

The Times, 5th December 2007

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Surrogacy loophole that let 20 babies be taken abroad – The Guardian

Posted December 5th, 2007 in adoption, news, surrogacy by sally

“Twenty babies born to British surrogate mothers have been taken abroad unlawfully by the foreign couples who commissioned them because of an oversight by British courts, it emerged yesterday.”

Full story

The Guardian, 5th December 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

In re C (A Child)(Adoption: Local Authority’s Duty) – WLR Daily

Posted November 27th, 2007 in adoption, law reports by sally

 In re C (A Child)(Adoption: Local Authority’s Duty) [2007] EWCA Civ 1206

“S 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 did not impose a duty on the local authority to make inquiries of a child’s extended family or father about the possibility of their providing long-term care in circumstances where the child had been conceived as a result of a fleeting relationship and the mother wished to place the child for adoption.”

WLR Daily, 26th November 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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