Adoption - 1994

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This page lists 15 cases, and was prepared on 01 January 2009.

District Judges Direction 23 Nov 1993
19 Jan 1994 FD	Adoption
	Adoption of foreign children to be transferred to High Court only if complex.

Re T (A Minor)
31 Jan 1994 CA	Adoption
	Guardian ad Litem may see and reproduce form F from Local Authority in adoption proceedings.
	Children Act 1989 42(1)(b)

In Re X (A Minor) (Adoption Details: Disclosure) [1994] 3 WLR 327
11 Apr 1994 CA	Adoption
	After an adoption order had been made, the local authority asked for an order to prevent the details of the adoptive parents being entered on the register. The were concerned that the natural mother would use the register to find the child and cause disruption. Held: The court allowed the authority's appeal. Though the court had no power to edit any entry on the register, it could make an order requiring the registrar to seek the approval of the court before any disclosure was made.
	Statute References omitted

In Re K (A Minor) (Adoption Order: Nationality)
22 Apr 1994 CA Neil LJ, Balcombe LJ, Hobhouse LJ	Adoption, Immigration	Casemap 1 Cites
	The child was born in Sierra Leone. Her mother died, and her aunt had adopted her in Sierra Leone in 1991. She came to England where a further adoption order was obtained only a few days short of her eighteenth birthday when the court made an order for his adoption. The result was to confer British Naionality on him. Held: The acquisition of Britsih Nationality on an adoption could normally be set aside only if the order was successfully appealed or otherwise failed. The court would be reluctant to deprive the Home Secretary of his right to enter an appeal. Express language would have to have been used to withdraw that right. The acquisition of nationality rights is not a relevant or proper purpose for the making of an adoption order. When carrying out the balancing factor deciding the need for adoption, the court was not to take into account benefits which might flow from the acquisition of Nationality. Where a child was nearly an adult, the benefits other than from nationality were minimal. The appeal was allowed.
	Statute References omitted

In Re S (A Minor) (Adoption Order: Conditions)
26 Apr 1994 CA	Adoption
	Imposition of conditions of care in adoption should be rare - blood transfusions.

Re S (A Minor)
2 May 1994 CA	Adoption
	Requiring undertaking to allow blood transfusions was wrong - conditions rare.

Re B (Adoption: Setting Aside) [1995] 1 Fam L R 1
10 May 1994 FD	Adoption	Casemap 1 Cites 1 Citers
	There is no provision for the annulment of an adoption order for mistake.

Re C (A Minor: Adoption)
21 Jun 1994 CA	Adoption
	Court to consider child's welfare to allow application for return of adoptive child.
	Statute References omitted

In Re C (A Minor) (Adoption Notice: Local Authority)
28 Jun 1994 CA	Adoption
	The Court was to consider the needs of a child under s6 before removing him from an adoptive foster home.
	Statute References omitted

In Re P (Minors) (Adoption: Freeing Orders) Times, 25 July 1994; [1994] 2 FLR 1000
25 Jul 1994 FD	Adoption	Casemap 1 Citers
	A judge should not order continued contact after the making of freeing orders which were made without the consent of the mother.
	Statute References omitted

Re P (Minors)
8 Aug 1994 CA	Adoption
	A freeing order made without the natural mother's consent, but with continued contact for her was wrong in principle.
	Statute References omitted

Re W
10 Oct 1994 FD	Adoption
	An approach to agency by grandmother where the mother is disabled is proper, not a breach of the Act.
	Statute References omitted

Re G (A Minor)
17 Oct 1994 CA	Adoption
	Only high court may confirm adoption where s 11(1) breached, not county court.
	Statute References omitted

Re D (Minors)
6 Dec 1994 CA	Adoption
	The Guardian ad litem had been wrong to promise confidentiality to a child. Such confidentiality could only be within the discretion of the judge.

In Re D (Minors) (Adoption Reports: Confidentiality)
8 Dec 1994 CA	Children, Adoption	Casemap 1 Citers
	A guardian ad litem's promise of confidentiality to a child can broken by a court, and the guardian must be careful in making such promises.
	Statute References omitted