Legislation

Adoption and Children Act 2002

2 decisions citing this instrument.

Provisions cited

section 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002section 46(6) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002section 47(5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002section 47(7) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002section 51A(4) and (5) of the Adoption and Children Act 2002

Decisions

S (A Child) (Permission to oppose adoption) (Judgment No 1), Re

Family LawThe Family Court (B cases)27 May 2026[2026] EWFC 201 (B)Added 7 Aug 2026

S, a boy born in May 2022, was made the subject of care and placement orders on 30 October 2023, aged 18 months, following a detailed judgment of HHJ McKinnell, who found that neither parent could safely care for him and that his…

S (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) (Judgment No 2), Re

Family LawThe Family Court (B cases)9 Jul 2026[2026] EWFC 202 (B)Added 22 Jul 2026

S, a boy born in May 2022, was made the subject of an interim care order that month and lived with his mother in a residential parenting assessment for his first four to five months; that assessment concluded in September 2022…

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