The question on this appeal is whether a decision that a child could not be placed with his grandmother but should instead be placed for adoption was reached after a sufficiently rigorous evaluation and comparison, or whether, as the grandmother argues, the process was deficient because the court did not fully evaluate the option of a placement with her, nor properly compare its advantages and disadvantages with the advantages and disadvantages of adoption.
Held: The grandmother’s appeal succeeded.
Judges:
Lady Justice King
Lord Justice Peter Jackson
And
Lord Justice Popplewell
Citations:
[2022] EWCA Civ 896
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Adoption
Updated: 12 July 2022; Ref: scu.678752