Hearings
18 Apr 2023 [2023] EWCA Civ 404; [2023] 4 WLR 36; [2024] 1 All ER 652; [2023] 2 FLR 840; [2023] WLR(D) 179, CA (Macur, Holroyde, Peter Jackson LJJ)
In re M (A Child)
Subject Matter
ADOPTION — Adoption order — Leave to oppose — Judge granting mother leave to oppose making of adoption order — Scope of change of circumstances threshold — Whether change of circumstances required to be unexpected or unforeseen — Whether mother having demonstrated change in her circumstances — Proper approach to application for leave to oppose making of adoption order — Whether leave to be granted — Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c 38), s 47(5)(7)
[2023] EWCA Civ 404; [2023] 4 WLR 36; [2024] 1 All ER 652; [2023] 2 FLR 840; [2023] WLR(D) 179, CA
Legislation Considered
Statutes
Cases Considered
Cases considered in: In re M (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 404; [2023] 4 WLR 36; [2024] 1 All ER 652; [2023] 2 FLR 840; [2023] WLR(D) 179, CA
Prospective Adopters v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [2020] EWFC 26; [2020] 2 FLR 174, Fam Ct Dicta, para 5 disapproved
Prospective Adopters v SA [2015] EWHC 327 (Fam); [2015] CN 308, Fam D Dicta, paras 16–19 disapproved
In re B-S (Children) (Adoption Order: Leave to Oppose) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146; [2014] 1 WLR 563; [2014] 1 FLR 1035; [2013] WLR (D) 348, CA Applied
In re P (A Child) (Adoption Proceedings) [2007] EWCA Civ 616; [2007] 1 WLR 2556; [2007] 2 FLR 1069, CA Applied
Cases Cited
Cases cited in: In re M (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 404; [2023] 4 WLR 36; [2024] 1 All ER 652; [2023] 2 FLR 840; [2023] WLR(D) 179, CA
In re
In re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Threshold Criteria) [2013] UKSC 33; [2013] 1 WLR 1911; [2013] 3 All ER 929; [2013] 2 FLR 1075; [2013] WLR (D) 226; Case details, SC(E)
In re B-S
In re B-S (Children) (Adoption Order: Leave to Oppose) [2013] EWCA Civ 1146; [2014] 1 WLR 563; [2014] 1 FLR 1035; [2013] WLR (D) 348, CA
In re G (Children: Religious upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233; [2013] 1 FLR 677; [2012] 3 FCR 524; [2013] ELR 25; [2012] WLR (D) 265, CA
In re O (Contact: Imposition of Conditions) [1995] 2 FLR 124, CA
In re P
In re P (A Child) (Adoption Proceedings) [2007] EWCA Civ 616; [2007] 1 WLR 2556; [2007] 2 FLR 1069, CA
In re S (A Child) [2021] EWCA Civ 605; [2021] 3 FCR 191, CA
In re W (A Child: Leave to Oppose Adoption
M v Warwickshire County Council (M intervening) [2007] EWCA Civ 1084; [2008] 1 WLR 991; [2008] 1 FLR 1093, CA
Prospective Adopters v SA [2015] EWHC 327 (Fam); [2015] CN 308, Fam D
Prospective Adopters v Tower Hamlets London Borough Council [2020] EWFC 26; [2020] 2 FLR 174, Fam Ct
Cases citing
Cases citing: In re M (A Child) [2023] EWCA Civ 404; [2023] 4 WLR 36; [2024] 1 All ER 652; [2023] 2 FLR 840; [2023] WLR(D) 179, CA
In re H (Children: Placement Orders) [2023] EWCA Civ 1245; [2024] 1 FLR 548, CA