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Consent of birth parents dispensed with in granting adoption order
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High Court grants foster parents an adoption order in respect of 17-year-old boy, and dispenses with the consent of the birth parents to the adoption, on the grounds that: he has been in the care of the foster parents for practically all of his life; he has significant ties to his foster family, and regards himself as a de facto a member of the family; and he is opposed to being reunited with his birth parents.
Family law - adoption - first named applicant seeks an order pursuant to s. 54(2) of the Adoption Act 2010 (as amended) authorising the first respondent to make an adoption order in relation to a child C.W. in favour of the second and third named applicants - it also seeks an order pursuant to the said subsection dispensing with the consent of any person whose consent is required to the making of the adoption order, in this case the consent of the child’s birth parents - second and third named applicants are a married couple and are the foster carers of the child the subject of this application - they are also the prospective adoptive parents of C.W. who has been in their care since 24th October, 2000 when he was thirteen days old - evidence of social workers - consent of birth parents dispensed with.
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