The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2014] Fam 1
In re
A (A Child) (Adoption: Placement outside Jurisdiction)
[2013] EWHC 578 (Fam)
2013 March 11;
15
Pauffley J
Adoption— Arrangements for adoption— Placement outside jurisdiction— Local authority having care of child— Local authority seeking order for child’s temporary removal abroad and placement with prospective adopters prior to Hague Convention adoption application— Necessity for child to remain habitually resident in jurisdiction— Whether permissible to remove child abroad for longer than necessary ten-week statutory period—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 105(6)[1]
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Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38) (as modified by Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/392), reg 56), ss 28(2)(b), 42(2)[2]
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Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/959), reg 12[3]
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Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993), art 2[4]