The Court considered rule 50 under which ‘parent’ was defined as including – ‘an adoptive parent, where there has been a genuine transfer of parental responsibility on the ground of the original parents’ inability to care for the child . . ‘
Held: (a majority) This expression was not confined to adoption under a ‘legally recognizable adoptive process’.
Judges:
May, Balcombe, Woolf LJJ
Citations:
[1988] 2 FLR 523, [1988] Imm AR 237, [1988] Fam Law 289
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Cited – AA v Entry Clearance Officer (Addis Ababa) SC 18-Dec-2013
The appellant child, AA sought entry as the de facto adopted child of his sponsor who had previously been given refugee status. The sponsor had taken parental responsibility of AA under the Islamic Kafala procedure. AA had been admitted under human . .
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Immigration, Family
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.552387