Adoption - 2000

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This page lists 6 cases, and was prepared on 25 August 2008.

In re KLA (An Infant) [2000] NI 234
2000 Sir John MacDermott	Northern Ireland, Adoption	Casemap 1 Citers
	Sir John MacDermott considered the purpose of freeing orders. The purpose was: "to find out if a child would be available for adoption before prospective adopters were found and their hopes frustrated if the adoption court ruled that consent was not being unreasonably withheld."

In Re J (A Minor) (Adoption: Freeing Order)
26 May 2000 FD	Adoption
	The Act did not revoke any of the court's inherent powers. A court could therefore revoke an order freeing a child for adoption under its own powers, and notwithstanding that no application in that behalf had been made by the mother. A change in the proposed care plan made it more appropriate for a child to continue to reside with foster parents without adoption.
	Statute References omitted

In Re J (Minor) (Isle of Man: Adoption)
7 Jun 2000 FD	Adoption, Children, International
	Because the Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom under the Act, proceedings for an adoption of a child from the Isle of Man were an inter-country adoption, and so had to be commenced in the High Court. There was, however, nothing to prevent the High Court transferring the case to the County Court in appropriate situations. The need arose even though the Act envisaged a child subject to a freeing order being placed with a Manx couple with a view to adoption.
	Statute References omitted

In Re N (A Minor) (Adoption: Foreign Guardianship)
27 Jun 2000 FD	Adoption, Child Support
	Somebody who had been appointed guardian of a child by a foreign court but which order was recognised here, had sufficient standing to be the person entitled to give consent to an adoption or whose consent could be dispensed with. The Act should be read to give a wider construction as to the person able to give consent, and the authorities interpreted accordingly.
	Statute References omitted

In Re F (Minors) (Adoption: Freeing Order)
4 Jul 2000 CA	Adoption	1 Cites
	A judge had declined to make a freeing order, where it was clear that the children would not be returned to their parents, and the proposed adoption arrangements, which would split the children between two families, was opposed by the father on that ground. The judge felt that a reasonable parent could well oppose arrangements which would mean the children losing contact with each other. On appeal the judge's order was overturned. The correct question to determine the reasonableness of an objection was, applying the evidence, and the current values of society, whether the advantages of adoption justified the overriding of the parent's wishes.
	Statute References omitted

In Re R (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Teenage Mother)
19 Jul 2000 FD	Children, Adoption
	There is no general rule that the baby of a young teenage mother should be adopted. Nevertheless it would not be right to concentrate on the interests of the mother as a child. The unborn child must be given equal consideration, and a twin-track approach to planning must be used. Where appropriate suitable adopters could be identified before the child's birth, although this must not pre-empt the decision of the court. An interim placement of the child should be determined on evidence as a matter of urgency after the child's birth.