The Weekly Law Reports
[1987] 2 WLR 977
[COURT OF APPEAL]
In re
S. (A MINOR) (ADOPTION OR CUSTODIANSHIP)
1986 Dec. 4,
8;
19
Fox and Glidewell L.JJ. and Sir Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce
Adoption
— Adoption order
— Application by relative and wife
— Child brought up by applicants as own child
— Child's mother consenting to adoption order
— Local authority preferring custodianship
— Appropriate order
— Whether child's welfare not better safeguarded and promoted by adoption order
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Children Act 1975 (c. 72), s. 37(1)