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

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JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date11 April 1997
Date11 April 1997
CourtFamily Division
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6 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
    ... ... relationships, so that a person who had formerly been in a homosexual relationship and whose circumstances were otherwise the same as hers would ... 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 ... ...
  • Re G (Children) (Residence: Same-sex Partner)
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 26 July 2006
    ... ... 1 of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1925 (later consolidated with minor changes of terminology in section 1 of the Guardianship of Minors Act ... constructive measures are to be introduced under the Children and Adoption Act 2006. The court will be able to direct either parent to engage in ... ...
  • 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
    ..."[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 question comprises two women livin......
  • Fitzpatrick v Sterling Housing Association Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • House of Lords
    • 28 October 1999
    ...it 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 where (at p. 59) he said in relation to the placement of the child whose adoption was in dispute, "The family in question comprises two wom......
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1 books & journal articles
  • ENGLISH COURTS' TREATMENT OF THE CHILDREN OF SAME‐SEX COUPLES
    • United States
    • Wiley 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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