Re L (Adoption: Identification of Possible Father): CA 30 Apr 2020

‘In A, B and C (Adoption: Notification of Fathers And Relatives) [2020] EWCA Civ 41 this court considered the approach to be taken where a mother wants a baby to be placed for adoption without notice being given to the child’s putative father. This appeal raises two related questions. First, to what extent does the same approach apply where there is uncertainty about the child’s paternity? And second, what should the response of the court be to a proposal that paternity should be investigated by carrying out DNA testing on other children of the mother without reference to the possible father? I will call this ‘sibling testing’ although it begs the question of whether there is shared parentage.’

Judges:

Lord Justice Peter Jackson

Citations:

[2020] EWCA Civ 577

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Adoption

Updated: 20 November 2022; Ref: scu.650531