The Judge had a discretion to look again at the natural mother’s case before making an adoption order. In order to minimise delay in any case, and to facilitate efficient decision-making, the court could, exercising its wide judicial discretion, consider the application for leave to apply for an order revoking the placement order on a reasonably limited evidential basis.
Judges:
Butler-Sloss LJ
Citations:
Gazette 03-Feb-1993, [1994] 2 FLR 1
Statutes:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – In re F (A Child) (Placement Order); C v East Sussex County Council (Adoption) CA 1-May-2008
The father sought to revoke a freeing order. He said that the social workers had conspired to exclude him from the process. The child was born of a casual relationship, and at first he was unaware of the proceedings. On learning of them he sought to . .
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Adoption
Updated: 28 April 2022; Ref: scu.81723