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The High Court granted a step-parent adoption order, holding that section 83 ACA 2002 did not bar the application and that welfare and Article 8 supported adoption.
B v B and Ors (Section 83 ACA 2002 and Step-Parent Adoption) [2026] EWHC 97 (Fam) (26 January 2026)
High Court granted a step-parent adoption order after holding that section 83 ACA 2002 did not bar the application, or would be disapplied as disproportionate under Article 8.
Adoption orders are granted because the applicants meet all legal requirements, the children’s welfare is best served by recognising them as full legal members of the family, and parental consent for one child is properly dispensed with as the mother cannot be found.
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Mr & Mrs T v IM & Ors [2025] EWHC 1470 (Fam) (16 June 2025)
The court granted an adoption order for a boy from Sierra Leone, finding the statutory requirements were met, the assessment was adequate, and adoption served his welfare.
The High Court granted an adoption order for a Sierra Leone-born child, finding the statutory requirements met, no breach of adoption restrictions, and that adoption best served the child’s welfare.
B & Anor v A Local Authority & Ors [2025] EWHC 856 (Fam) (09 April 2025)
The High Court granted English adoption orders for two children previously adopted in Sierra Leone, dispensing with one birth mother’s consent and finding adoption in the children’s best interests.
The High Court granted an adoption order for Maya, holding that her birth mother had validly consented, her birth father could not be found, and the child’s welfare required adoption.
J (A Child) [2014] EWFC B203 (24 September 2014)
The Family Court granted a Convention Adoption order for C, dispensed with the mother’s consent, and found the child’s welfare required adoption.
The High Court held it had jurisdiction over a child care and placement case, refused transfer to Romania, and ordered time-limited enquiries into the maternal family.
Coventry City Council v A [2014] EWHC 2033 (Fam) (04 April 2014)
The High Court held a baby was habitually resident in England and Wales, refused transfer to Romania under Article 15, and ordered time-limited enquiries there.
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