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High Court authorises the adoption of a nearly adult foster child by the second named applicant, despite the lack of consent from the birth parents. The court found that the statutory requirements for adoption without parental consent were met, including the child's expressed wishes and best interests. The decision acknowledges the limited but consistent relationship between the birth parents and the child, yet emphasizes the child's need for stability and security, which adoption can provide. The original decision to place the child in foster care was not contested by the birth parents, who had consented to the voluntary care arrangement.
Adoption, High Court, foster child, birth parents, consent, statutory requirements, Adoption Act 2010, best interests of the child, parental rights, abandonment, voluntary care, stability and security, expressed wishes, eligibility and suitability, proportionality, balancing of rights, Article 42A of Bunreacht na hÉireann (Irish Constitution), section 54(2) order.
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