The court considered the proper approach to a proposed step-parent adoption. The step-father now appealed against refusal of an order.
Held: The application succeeded. When the adoption application was considered, the court had to be satisfied that each parent or guardian of the child either consented to the making of the adoption order, or that that individual’s consent should be dispensed with. In determining whether or not to dispense with parental consent, the child’s welfare throughout his or her lifetime had to be the court’s paramount consideration.
Moore-Bick, McFarlane, Briggs LJJ
[2014] EWCA Civ 1174, [2014] WLR(D) 381
Bailii, WLRD
Adoption and Children Act 2002 47(2), European Convention on Human Rights 8
England and Wales
Citing:
Approved – Soderback v Sweden ECHR 28-Oct-1998
ECHR Sweden – adoption of a child granted to mother’s husband, without the consent of the natural father (Chapter 4, section 6, of the Parental Code)
ARTICLE 8 OF THE CONVENTION
Not disputed that . .
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Adoption, Human Rights
Updated: 20 December 2021; Ref: scu.536352