Adoption - 1997

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This page lists 6 cases, and was prepared on 26 February 2010.

T, Petitioner 1997 SLT 724
1997 IHCS	Scotland, Adoption	Casemap 1 Citers
	The House discussed the duties of a court in adoption cases: "There can be no more fundamental principle in adoption cases than that it is the duty of the court to safeguard and promote the interests of the child. Issues relating to the sexual orientation, lifestyle, race, religion or other characteristics of the parties involved must of course be taken into account as part of the circumstances. But they cannot be allowed to prevail over what is in the best interests of the child."

D -v- Registrar General [1997] 2 FLR 240
1997	Adoption
	The court considered the procedure to be followed in applications for disclosure to other family members of information held by the Registrar to allow them to contact the adopted child.
	Adoption Act 1976 50

In Re G (A Minor) (Adoption Freeing Order) [1997] 2 FCR 289; [1997] UKHL 16; [1997] AC 613; 1997] 2 All ER 534; [1997] 2 FLR 202; [1997 Fam Law 596
24 Apr 1997 HL	Adoption
	A freeing order can be revoked, even though a re-assumption of sole parental responsibility by the mother would still not be appropriate.
	Adoption Act 1976 20
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In Re W (A Minor) (Adoption: Homosexual Adopter) [1998] Fam. 58
21 May 1997 FD Singer J	Adoption, Human Rights	Casemap 1 Citers
	There is no rule of law against adoption of a child by a single person living within a homosexual relationship. The court must always look to the best interests of the child in question. The court recognised the couple as constituting a family: "The family in question comprises two women living together in lesbian relationship."

L (a Minor) [1997] EWCA Civ 2859
28 Nov 1997 CA	Adoption
	Whether the father had unreasonably withheld his consent to the adoption of his daughter by the mother and the stepfather.
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C (Minors) [1997] EWCA Civ 3056
19 Dec 1997 CA Lady Justice Butler-Sloss, Lord Justice Henry	Children, Adoption
	A court had made an order freeing three siblings for adoption together. The parents accepted that this was inevitable for the two older but not for the third, who was a few months old. An emergency protection order had been obtained on the birth of the last child. The mother suffered depression which was likely to require long term treatment. No order had been made for a further period of assessment. Held: The need for a decision was pressing. There was some need, and the appeal court could not say the decision at first instance was plainly wrong. Appeal dismissed.
	Children Act 1989 31
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