In re V (A Minor) (Adoption: Consent)

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Consent of parent — Dispensing with — Child left with proposed adopters — Mother in regular contact — Mother initially consenting unconditionally to adoption — Subsequent wish to bring up all her children together — Refusal to consent — Whether consent unreasonably withheld — Whether consent to be dispensed with — Whether court to make adoption order subject to access by natural parent — Children Act 1975, ss 3, 12(2)(b)

[1987] Fam 57; [1986] 3 WLR 927