Index card In re B (A Child)

In re B (A Child)

Hearings

England & Wales

30 Jan 2019 B (A Child), In re [2019] EWCA Civ 29; [2019] Fam 389; [2019] 3 WLR 324; [2019] 2 FLR 117; [2019] WLR (D) 283, CA (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, King, Coulson LJJ)

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Adoption order — Contact — Birth parents applying for order requiring prospective adopters to allow them to have post-adoption contact with child — Prospective adopters opposing application — Whether contact to be ordered against wishes of adopters — Whether contact against wishes of adopters to be ordered only in extremely unusual circumstances — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 51A (inserted by Children and Families Act 2014 (c 6), s 9(1))

[2019] EWCA Civ 29; [2019] Fam 389; [2019] 3 WLR 324; [2019] 2 FLR 117; [2019] WLR (D) 283, CA

Commentary

Transparency Project
Court of Appeal decision about orders for post-adoption contact Case comment

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