The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2018] Fam 177
In re A and others (Children) (Adoption: Scottish Permanence Orders)
In re D (A Child) (Adoption: Scottish Permanence Orders)
In re E (A Child) (Adoption: Scottish Permanence Orders)
In re F (A Child) (Adoption: Scottish Permanence Orders)
[2017] EWHC 35 (Fam)
2016 Nov 16;
2017 Jan 17
2017 Jan 17
Sir James Munby P
Adoption— Adoption order— Scottish permanence order— Applications for adoption orders in respect of children subject of Scottish permanence orders— Natural parents retaining exercisable rights of contact— Whether English court required to obtain consent of natural parents— Whether natural parents retaining “parental responsibility”— Whether entitled to be joined to proceedings— Whether Scottish local authority “adoption agency”— Whether to be joined to proceedings—
Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 36) (as amended by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c 22), s 56, Sch 6, paras 48, 49), ss 1, 2
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Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38) (as amended by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), s 67(1), Sch 6, para 45 and Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1740), Sch 1, para 6), ss 47(6)(a), 52(1)(6), 105(2)
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Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), ss 80, 81, 82, 83
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FPR
r 14.3