The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2019] Fam 389
Court of Appeal
In re
B (A Child)
[2019] EWCA Civ 29
2018 Nov 27; 2019 Jan 30
Sir Andrew McFarlane P, King, Coulson LJJ
Adoption— Adoption order— Contact— Birth parents applying for order requiring prospective adopters to allow them to have post-adoption contact with child— Prospective adopters opposing application— Whether contact to be ordered against wishes of adopters— Whether contact against wishes of adopters to be ordered only in extremely unusual circumstances—
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 51A (inserted by Children and Families Act 2014 (c 6), s 9(1))