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April 1999
April 1999
Three Adoption Cases
- Chapter:
- (p.3) Commentary No 1: April 1999
- Source:
- Professor Norrie's Commentaries on Family Law
- Author(s):
Kenneth McK Norrie
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
Three adoption cases are discussed: S v M 1999 SC 388 which discusses the “cannot be found” ground for dispensing with parental consent to adoption; J v Aberdeen City Council 1999 SC 405 which discussed the role in adoption of the man accepted as father but not registered as such; and Re B (A Minor) [1999] 2 AC 136 where the House of Lords permitted an adoption of a child just before her 18th birthday in order to benefit her with British nationality.
Keywords: Adoption of children, Dispensing with parental consent, Father's right to consent based on parental rights agreement, Adoption of child on brink of adulthood
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Statutory Instruments
- Table of European and International Provisions
-
Commentary No 1: April 1999 -
Commentary No 2: July 1999 -
Commentary No 3: October 1999 -
Commentary No 4: January 2000 -
Commentary No 5: April 2000 -
Commentary No 6: July 2000 -
Commentary No 7: October 2000 -
Commentary No 8: April 2001 -
Commentary No 9: April 2001 -
Commentary No 10: July 2001 -
Commentary No 11: October 2001 -
Commentary No 12: January 2002 -
Commentary No 13: March 2002 -
Commentary No 14: July 2002 -
Commentary No 15: October 2002 -
Commentary No 16: January 2003 -
Commentary No 17: April 2003 -
Commentary No 18: July 2003 -
Commentary No 19: October 2003 - Index