A Health and Social Care Trust and A Mother and A Father and in the matter of HS (a female child aged 3 years)
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | McFarland J |
| Neutral Citation | [2022] NIFam 40 |
| Date | 09 December 2022 |
| Court | Family Division (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation No: [2022] NIFam 40
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
(subject to editorial corrections)*
Ref: McF12008
ICOS No: 22/038025
Delivered: 09/12/2022
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
OFFICE OF CARE AND PROTECTION
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Between:
A HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST
Applicant/Respondent;
and
A MOTHER
Respondent/Appellant;
and
A FATHER
Respondent.
IN THE MATTER OF HS (A FEMALE CHILD AGED 3 YEARS)
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Ms W Davidson BL (instructed by the Directorate of Legal Services) for the Health and
Social Care Trust
Mr C Maguire KC with Ms J Pauley BL (instructed by McQueenie Boyle solicitors) for the
Mother
Ms K Hyndman BL (instructed by TL Murphy & Co solicitors) for the Father
Mr A Magee KC with Mr E Cleland BL (instructed by Scullion & Green solicitors) for the
Guardian ad Litem representing the interests of the child
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McFARLAND J
Introduction
[1] This judgment deals with appeals from decisions made by Her Honour Judge
Crawford (“Judge Crawford”) at Belfast Family Care Centre on 8 July 2022 to make a
care order with a care plan of adoption and to free HS for adoption.
[2] I have used a randomly selected cipher HS and have anonymised this
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