The Weekly Law Reports
[2004] 3 WLR 1207
Court of Appeal
In re
A (Adoption: Placement outside Jurisdiction)
[2004] EWCA Civ 515
2004 March 10;
April 28
April 28
Thorpe, Neuberger LJJ and Gage J
Adoption
— Adoption order
— Arrangements for adoption
— Children freed for adoption
— Children placed by local authority with prospective adopters outside jurisdiction
— Whether local authority requiring prior sanction of court
— Whether placements effective
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Adoption Act 1976 (c 36), ss. 20(1)(b), 55, 56 (as amended by Children Act 1989 (c 41), s. 88, Sch. 10, paras 8(1), 23(1)(a))
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Children Act 1989 (c 41), Sch. 2, para 19(2)