A v B

Subject Matter

ADOPTION — Adoption order — Adoption by one person — Unmarried couple having two children together via sperm donor — Older child adopted by non-biological parent but parties separating before younger child adopted — Parties continuing to parent children jointly — Whether non-biological parent able to apply to adopt younger child — Whether non-biological parent “partner” of biological parent — Whether parents “living as partners in an enduring family relationship” — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 3, Sch 1, Pt I, art 8 — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), ss 1(1)(2), 51(2), 144

[2021] EWFC 45; [2022] Fam 163; [2022] 2 WLR 617; [2022] 1 FLR 804; [2021] WLR(D) 345, Fam Ct