Hearings
04 Dec 1974 [1975] Fam 127; [1975] 2 WLR 569; [1975] 2 All ER 449, DC
In re B (A Minor) (Adoption by Parent)
Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Consent of parent — Dispensing with — Legitimate child's parents divorced and both remarried — Mother applying for adoption of child — Undesirability of legitimate child being adopted and deprived of relationship with other parent — Test of “unreasonably” withholding consent — Retirement of justices with guardian ad litem's representative — Irregularity — Adoption Act 1958, s 5 (1)
[1975] Fam 127; [1975] 2 WLR 569
ADOPTION — Jurisdiction of justices — Existing court order — Court order granting custody to mother with access to father — Justices' jurisdiction to make adoption order at variance with existing order — Procedure to be adopted