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[2017] WLR (D) 726
Family Division
In re S (A Child) (Child Parent: Adoption Consent)
[2017] EWHC 2729 (Fam)
2017 Oct 24; Nov 2
Cobb J
Adoption— Child parent— Capacity to consent to adoption— Mother with learning difficulties aged under 16 — Mother wishing to give baby up for adoption— Local authority applying for placement order — Whether mother competent to give consent to placement and/or adoption — Approach to be taken to determination of capacity — Children Act 1989 (c 41), s 20 — Adoption and Children Act (c 38), s 21(2)