The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2009] Fam 83
In re
C (A Child) (Adoption: Parental Consent)
[2008] EWHC 2555 (Fam)
2008 Oct 8;
24
Eleanor King J
Adoption — Adoption order— Arrangements for adoption— Consent to placement for adoption and to future adoption given when child less than six weeks old— Consent to adoption order ineffective where child less than six weeks old— Whether consent to placement for adoption effective— Whether placement for adoption authorised—
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), ss 18, 19, 20, 47(4), 52(3)
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Adoption Agencies Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/389), reg 35