In re A (Children) (Adoption: Scottish Permanence Orders)

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Adoption order — Scottish permanence order — Applications for adoption orders in respect of children subject of Scottish permanence orders — Natural parents retaining exercisable rights of contact — Whether English court required to obtain consent of natural parents — Whether natural parents retaining “parental responsibility” — Whether entitled to be joined to proceedings — Whether Scottish local authority “adoption agency” — Whether to be joined to proceedings — Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c 36) (as amended by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c 22), s 56, Sch 6, paras 48, 49), ss 1, 2 — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38) (as amended by Mental Capacity Act 2005 (c 9), s 67(1), Sch 6, para 45 and Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1740), Sch 1, para 6), ss 47(6)(a), 52(1)(6), 105(2) — Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4), ss 80, 81, 82, 83 — FPR r 14.3

[2017] EWHC 35 (Fam); [2018] Fam 177; [2018] 2 WLR 770; [2017] 2 FLR 995; [2017] WLR (D) 225, Fam D