The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1977] Fam 25
[COURT OF APPEAL]
In re
P. (AN INFANT) (ADOPTION: PARENTAL CONSENT)
1976 July 26,
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Stamp and Ormrod L.JJ. and Sir John Pennycuick
Adoption
— Consent of parent
— Dispensing with
— Welfare of child
— Whether “first consideration”
— Whether parent unreasonably withholding consent to adoption
— Principles applicable
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Adoption Act 1958 (7 Eliz. 2, c. 5), s. 5 (1) (b)
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Children Act 1975 (c. 72), s. 3