Hearings
England & Wales
11 Mar 1987 [1987] Fam 81; [1987] 3 WLR 31; [1987] 2 All ER 826, Fam D
In re Adoption Application (Payment for Adoption)
Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Adoption order — Payment or reward — Proposed adopters entering into surrogacy agreement — Payments made to mother — Whether payment unlawful — Whether court having jurisdiction to authorise payments retroactively — Adoption Act 1958, s 50(1)(3) (as amended by Children Act 1975, s 108(1), Sch 3, paras 21(2)(4), 34)