Index card In re R (A Child)

In re R (A Child)

Hearings

England & Wales

15 Jun 2021 [2021] EWCA Civ 875; [2021] 4 WLR 104; [2022] 1 All ER 146; [2022] 1 FLR 395; [2021] WLR(D) 341, CA (Baker, Carr, Lewis LJJ)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Care proceedings — Child placed with foster carers at birth — Local authority applying for placement order for adoption — Foster carers seeking consideration as adopters — Judge joining foster carers as parties to care proceedings — Whether joinder of foster carers wrong in law and principle — Children Act 1989 (c 41), ss 1(3)(c)(f), 31 — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), ss 22(2)(5), 42

[2021] EWCA Civ 875; [2021] 4 WLR 104; [2022] 1 All ER 146; [2022] 1 FLR 395; [2021] WLR(D) 341, CA

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