Application by two women M and T to adopt a girl C who is 11 years old. The case raises three issues requiring determination by the court: first, whether M is to be regarded as the mother of C by reason of an adoption order made in Nicaragua; secondly whether M and T are to be regarded as a couple within the meaning of Section 50 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (the 2002 Act); and thirdly whether adoption is justified by the criteria of Section 1 of the 2002 Act.
Mr Justice Hedley
[2010] EWHC 964 (Fam), [2011] 1 FLR 1487, [2011] Fam Law 337
Bailii
England and Wales
Adoption
Updated: 26 January 2022; Ref: scu.424940
