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Adoption

18 July 2013
Issue: 7569 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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MF v London Borough of Brent and others [2013] EWHC 1838 (Fam), [2013] All ER (D) 99 (Jul)

In the course of adoption proceedings, the court gave the following obiter remarks: “All too often adoption orders are made with all the best intentions for continuing sibling contact which are then thwarted for no particularly good reason. Too often the lack of post adoption support or any pro-active communication causes parties to drift so quickly that the absence of contact over time becomes a barrier with the very understandable fear on the part of adopters that its recommencement will be so unsettling that it may damage a placement: a fear that may well be justified. Perhaps more often than hitherto, courts faced with agreed contact post adoption might consider whether an order can give reassurance to the child by keeping an enduring relationship that is important and for some children critical to their welfare throughout their lives.”

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