Hearings
England & Wales
21 Dec 1990 [1991] Fam 137; [1991] 2 WLR 1215; [1991] 3 All ER 461; The Times, 23 January 1991, CA (Fox, Balcombe and Stocker LJJ)
In re D (A Minor) (Adoption Order: Validity)
Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Adoption order — Validity — Application to adopt mentally handicapped child six days before majority — Adoption order conferring no benefit during minority — Whether valid — Whether jurisdiction to restrain third parties from having contact with child — Adoption Act 1976, s 12(6)