In re A (A Child) (Adoption: Placement outside Jurisdiction)

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Arrangements for adoption — Placement outside jurisdiction — Local authority having care of child — Local authority seeking order for child’s temporary removal abroad and placement with prospective adopters prior to Hague Convention adoption application — Necessity for child to remain habitually resident in jurisdiction — Whether permissible to remove child abroad for longer than necessary ten-week statutory period — Children Act 1989, s 105(6) — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (as modified by Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005, reg 56), ss 28(2)(b), 42(2) — Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010, reg 12 — Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1993), art 2

[2013] EWHC 578 (Fam); [2014] Fam 1; [2013] 3 WLR 1454; [2013] 2 FLR 541; [2013] CN 433, Fam D