3 Oct 2011
R V THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HC AK CIV-2011-485-000581
- Citation
- openlaw-5eca8506_ca80_4f5b_b7df_9a8fc701b7c4.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Adoption under s16(2) Adoption Act severs the legal parent-child relationship for all purposes save expressly excepted matters; therefore 'natural parent' in s29 Social Security Act 1964 does not include a birth parent whose child has been adopted; the Authority erred in law in so finding, and because there was insufficient current evidence on whether the adoptive parents were unable to care for or support the child the matter is remitted to the Authority for reconsideration of s29(b).