In re B v [1985] JLR 360 (05 August 1986)
- Citation
- [1985] JLR 360
- Status
- Judgment
- Jurisdiction
- Jersey
- Posture
- Family Law Children Care Order / Application for Revocation and Variation of Care Order
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- Posture
- Family Law Children Care Order / Application for Revocation and Variation of Care Order
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01
Holding and result
The court has no power to revoke the care order and consent to adoption in England due to statutory limitations and absence of English legislative provision for adoption of a Jersey child.
Court disposition
Application refused
Orders
- No revocation of care order
- No consent to adoption in England granted
02
Material facts
Parties
B
Child03
Procedural history
Posture
Family Law Children Care Order / Application for Revocation and Variation of Care Order
04
Questions and positions
Legal issues
Whether the court has power to revoke a care order and consent to adoption in England under the Children (Jersey) Law, 1969
Party arguments
- Applicant
- Application for revocation of care order and for consent to adoption in England.
- Respondent
- Opposed on the basis that the court's powers are limited by Children (Jersey) Law, 1969, art. 30(9) and there is no English legislative provision for adoption of a Jersey child.
05
Court’s reasoning
Legal principles
- 01
Children (Jersey) Law, 1969, art. 30(9)
Court's powers following revocation of a care order are limited by Children (Jersey) Law, 1969, art. 30(9), even if application is made under art. 30(7).
- 02
Children (Jersey) Law, 1969
No power to revoke order and consent to adoption in England, particularly since no English legislative provision for adoption of Jersey child exists.
06
Ratio, limits and disposition
Ratio decidendi
The court has no power to revoke the care order and consent to adoption in England due to statutory limitations and absence of English legislative provision for adoption of a Jersey child.
Court disposition
Application refused
- No revocation of care order
- No consent to adoption in England granted
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