Re W (A Minor) (Adoption: Homosexual adopter)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date11 April 1997
Date11 April 1997
CourtFamily Division
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9 cases
  • Langley v Bradford Metropolitan District Council and another [2004] EWCA Civ 1343 CH 1205 2003
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
    • 22 September 2003
    ...“[I]t is interesting to note the use of the word ‘family’ in the judgment of Singer J in In re W (a minor) (Adoption: homosexual adopter) [1998] Fam 58, 59, where he said in relation to the placement of the child whose adoption was in dispute: ‘The family in question comprises two women liv......
  • Re G (Children) (Residence: Same-sex Partner)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 26 July 2006
    ...UKHL 11, [2006] 1 FCR 497, [2006] 2 WLR 637. SM (a minor) (access), Re [1991] FCR 492. W (a minor) (adoption: homosexual adopter), Re[1997] 3 FCR 650, [1997] 3 All ER 620, [1998] Fam 58, [1997] 3 WLR W (a minor), Re [1989] 1 FLR 163. AppealCG appealed with permission of the House of Lords A......
  • Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 July 1997
    ...Re 1997 SLT 724, Ct of Sess. Toonen v Australia Commission [1994] 1-3 IHRR 97, HR Committee. W (adoption: homosexual adopter), Re[1997] 3 FCR 650, [1997] 3 All ER Watson v Lucas [1980] 3 All ER 647, [1980] 1 WLR 1493, CA. X v UK (1983) 32 D &R 220, E Com HR. X v UK[1997] 3 FCR 341, ECt HR. ......
  • M v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; Langley v Bradford Metropolitan District Council and another
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 October 2004
    ...However, at 52C-D, he said this: "[I]t is interesting to note the use of the word 'family' in the judgment of Singer J In re W (a minor) (Adoption: homosexual adopter) [1998] Fam 58, 59, where he said in relation to the placement of the child whose adoption was in dispute: "The family in q......
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  • ENGLISH COURTS' TREATMENT OF THE CHILDREN OF SAME‐SEX COUPLES
    • United States
    • Family Court Review No. 48-3, July 2010
    • 1 July 2010
    ...QB517; Sutherland v. UK [1998] EHRLR 117 (discrimination on the unequal age of consent).15. Re W (a minor) (adoption: homosexual adopter) [1998] Fam 58.16. GvF(shared residence: parental responsibility) [1998] 3 FCR 1, [1997] Fam Law 587, [1998] 2 FLR 799.17. Fitzpatrick v Sterling HousingA......

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