Adoption

Practice notes

Adoption orders

This Practice Note details who can be adopted and who can adopt, together with the conditions to be satisfied, adoption reports and procedural issues....

4th May

Q&As

If a jurisdiction outside the UK allows for the formal adoption of an adult and the legal formalities for adoption in that jurisdiction have been followed to adopt that adult, would that adopted individual be considered a child when drafting a Will or would the beneficiaries need to be specifically named?

Various jurisdictions outside of the UK recognise the concept of adult adoption. There are a number of reasons why adult adoption might be thought to...

Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 15th Feb

Q&As

A 17-year-old child was joined to adoption proceedings, and a guardian appointed in accordance with Family Procedure Rules 2010, SI 2010/2955, 16.3. The child has since turned 18 but has health and learning difficulties and would be unable to provide instructions to a solicitor themselves. Does the guardian's appointment remain valid post 18, or does the Official Solicitor need to be contacted?

For an adoption order to be made, the person must be a child at the date of the application. The child must not have been married or in a civil...

13th Feb

Q&As

Can an adult apply to revoke an adoption order that was made during their minority?

The adoption of a child severs all the child’s legal ties with their birth family and establishes a new legal relationship with the child’s adoptive...

Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 13th Feb

Practice notes

Contact orders in adoption

This Practice Note sets out the general principles to be applied in relation to contact orders, both pre- and post-adoption. It also details who may...

25th Jan

Practice notes

Adoption—placement orders

PrinciplesWith the abolition of the power to apply for freeing orders, the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (ACA 2002) introduced a framework for...

22nd Jan

Practice notes

General principles—adoption

The general principles about adoption are contained in section 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (ACA 2002). They variously apply to a court, an...

22nd Jan

Q&As

In relation to adoption, an agency decision maker decided in principle that a placement order should be made, but subject to an adoption medical report. The court then made a placement order, prior to the adoption medical report being received. The report has now been received. Was the placement order validly made in the absence of the medical report?

It may be arguable that the placement order was not validly made in the absence of the medical report as the court may not have known without the...

Produced in partnership with Naomi de Silva of Browne Jacobson 8th Jan

Q&As

Can an adoption order made in favour of a married couple be revoked regarding one adoptive parent only?

An adoption order is an order which has the effect of severing all legal ties with the child’s biological family and creates a new legal relationship...

Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 8th Jan

Precedents

Public children—client guide

This document provides general guidance regarding public law applications relating to children. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific...

28th Nov

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