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Family proceedings

22 September 2017
Issue: 6672 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Family , In Court
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A Local Authority v A [2017] All ER (D) 42 (Sep), [2017] Lexis Citation 284

It was necessary and proportionate that the youngest of six children be placed for adoption and the statutory test for dispensing with parental consent was clearly met, as the child’s welfare throughout his life could only be achieved by the local authority’s plan. With respect to the five older children, the Family Court approved an agreement that they should stay in foster care where they had been since December 2016 in the best interests of those children.

 

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