Hearings
England & Wales
19 Dec 1986 [1987] Fam 98; [1987] 2 WLR 977; [1987] 2 All ER 99; 85 LGR 505, CA
In re S (A Minor) (Adoption or Custodianship)
Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Adoption order — Application by relative and wife — Child brought up by applicants as own child — Child's mother consenting to adoption order — Local authority preferring custodianship — Appropriate order — Whether child's welfare not better safeguarded and promoted by adoption order — Children Act 1975, s 37(1)