A County Council v M and Others (No 4) (Foreign Adoption: Refusal of Recognition)
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Judgment Date | 2013 |
Neutral Citation | [2013] EWHC 1501 (Fam) |
Year | 2013 |
Date | 2013 |
Court | Family Division |
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GS v SS and Others
- United Kingdom
- Family Division
- 30 November 2016
...Z v Z (Recognition of Brazilian Adoption Order) [2013] EWHC 747 (Fam), [2014] 1 FLR 1295 (Theis J), A County Council v M and others (No 4) (Foreign Adoption: Refusal of Recognition) [2013] EWHC 1501 (Fam), [2014] 1 FLR 881 (Peter Jackson J), Re G (Recognition of Brazilian Adoption) [2014]...... -
S v S
- United Kingdom
- Family Division
- Invalid date
...JMWL v Luxembourg CE:ECHR:2007:0628JUD007624001, ECtHR applied.A County Council v M (No 4) (Foreign Adoption: Refusal of Recognition) [2014] 1 FLR 881 distinguished.In re Valentine’s Settlement [1965] Ch 831, CA not applied.The following cases are referred to in the judgment:A (Intractable ...... -
Re E (A Child) (Care Proceedings: European Dimension) [Family Division]
- United Kingdom
- Family Division
- 14 January 2014
...cases, supplied by courtesy of counsel, were cited in argument:M (A Child) (Foreign Adoption: Refusal of Recognition), In re [2013] EWHC 1501 (Fam); [2013] Fam Law 933ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4; [2011] 2 AC 166; [2011] 2 WLR 148; [2011] 2 All ER...... -
Z v Y (a child, by their Guardian Ms Lynn Magson)
- United Kingdom
- Family Division
- 20 May 2020
...in the child's best interests (per Jackson J (as he then was) in A County Council v M (No 4) (Foreign Adoption: Refusal of Recognition) [2014] 1 FLR 881 para [61] and MacDonald J in QS v RS [2016] EWHC 2470 (Fam) para [77]) (2) The adoption process in the foreign country must have been ‘su......