Hearings
England & Wales
21 Jul 1967 [1968] Ch 204; [1967] 3 WLR 1438; [1967] 3 All ER 629; 66 LGR 74, Ch D
In re B (S) (An Infant) (1967)
Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Jurisdiction of court — Foreign element — Parent domiciled abroad — English applicants — Mother of child obtaining divorce in England — Spanish father resident in Spain — Recognition by Spanish courts of English adoption order — Impact of foreign law on English adoption order — Whether adoption order for “welfare” of child — Evidence — Order dispensing with parent's consent — Adoption Act, 1958, ss 1, 5, 7
[1968] Ch 204; [1967] 3 WLR 1438
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Adoption — Foreign parent — Child resident in England — English applicants — Jurisdiction of court to make adoption order — Adoption Act, 1958, s 1