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Adoption - From: 1994 To: 1994
This page lists 15 cases, and was prepared on 02 April 2018.
District Judges Direction 23 Nov 1993 Gazette, 19 January 1994
19 Jan 1994
FD
Adoption
Adoption of foreign children to be transferred to High Court only if complex.
Re T (A Minor) Ind Summary, 31 January 1994
31 Jan 1994
CA
Adoption
Guardian ad Litem may see and reproduce form F from Local Authority in adoption proceedings.
Children Act 1989 42(1)(b)
In Re X (A Minor) (Adoption Details: Disclosure) Times, 11 April 1994; Ind Summary, 04 April 1994; [1994] 3 WLR 327
11 Apr 1994
CA
Adoption
After an adoption order had been made, the local authority asked for an order to prevent the details of the adoptive parents being entered on the register. The were concerned that the natural mother would use the register to find the child and cause disruption. Held: The court allowed the authority's appeal. Though the court had no power to edit any entry on the register, it could make an order requiring the registrar to seek the approval of the court before any disclosure was made.
Adoption Act 1976 50 - Adoption Act 1950
In Re K (A Minor) (Adoption Order: Nationality); CA 22-Apr-1994 - Times, 26 April 1994; Independent, 27 May 1994
In Re S (A Minor) (Adoption Order: Conditions) Times, 26 April 1994
26 Apr 1994
CA
Adoption
Imposition of conditions of care in adoption should be rare - blood transfusions.
Re S (A Minor) Ind Summary, 02 May 1994
2 May 1994
CA
Adoption
Requiring undertaking to allow blood transfusions was wrong - conditions rare.
Re B (Adoption: Setting Aside) Independent, 10 May 1994; [1995] 1 Fam L R 1
10 May 1994
FD
Adoption
There is no provision for the annulment of an adoption order for mistake.
1 Cites
1 Citers
Re C (A Minor: Adoption) Independent, 21 June 1994
21 Jun 1994
CA
Adoption
Court to consider child's welfare to allow application for return of adoptive child.
Adoption Act 1976 30(2)
In Re C (A Minor) (Adoption Notice: Local Authority) Times, 28 June 1994
28 Jun 1994
CA
Adoption
The Court was to consider the needs of a child under s6 before removing him from an adoptive foster home.
Adoption Act 1976 6 Part III
In Re P (Minors) (Adoption: Freeing Orders); FD 25-Jul-1994 - Times, 25 July 1994; [1994] 2 FLR 1000
Re P (Minors) Ind Summary, 08 August 1994
8 Aug 1994
CA
Adoption
A freeing order made without the natural mother's consent, but with continued contact for her was wrong in principle.
Adoption Act 1976 18
Re W Ind Summary, 10 October 1994
10 Oct 1994
FD
Adoption
An approach to agency by grandmother where the mother is disabled is proper, not a breach of the Act.
Adoption Act 1976 11(1)
Re G (A Minor); CA 17-Oct-1994 - Ind Summary, 17 October 1994
Re D (Minors) Independent, 06 December 1994
6 Dec 1994
CA
Adoption
The Guardian ad litem had been wrong to promise confidentiality to a child. Such confidentiality could only be within the discretion of the judge.
In Re D (Minors) (Adoption Reports: Confidentiality) Times, 08 December 1994
8 Dec 1994
CA
Children, Adoption
A guardian ad litem's promise of confidentiality to a child can broken by a court, and the guardian must be careful in making such promises.
Adoption Rules 1984 53(2)
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