The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2008] Fam 97
Court of Appeal
In re G (A Child) (Adoption: Placement outside Jurisdiction)
[2008] EWCA Civ 105
2008 Feb 14;
21;
March 19
March 19
Sir Mark Potter P, Wall and Lloyd LJJ
Adoption— Adoption order— Arrangements for adoption— Applicants seeking parental responsibility order to enable adoption of child abroad— Provision requiring child’s home to be with applicants for ten weeks prior to application— Whether satisfied where one applicant present only for three weeks during ten-week period— Requirement for applicants to obtain confirmation from “foreign authority” that child allowed to enter and reside in foreign state— Whether “foreign authority” governmental body or equivalent of adoption agency— Whether power to grant order despite applicants’ failure to obtain confirmation— Whether confirmation required to be in absolute, unconditional or unqualified terms— Whether confirmation requirement satisfied— Whether order to be granted—
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 84
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Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/392), reg 10(b)(iv)