Court to consider child’s welfare to allow application for return of adoptive child. Citations: Independent 21-Jun-1994 Statutes: Adoption Act 1976 30(2) Jurisdiction: England and Wales Adoption Updated: 26 October 2022; Ref: scu.85739
The court considered the approval required for an order under the 2002 Act. Held: Welfare considerations were important but not paramount: ‘Given the permanent nature of the order under s.30, it seems reasonable that the court should adopt the ‘lifelong’ perspective of welfare in the Adoption and Children Act 2002 rather than the ‘minority’ perspective … Continue reading In re X and Y (Foreign Surrogacy): FD 9 Dec 2008
