(Court of Appeal, Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Peter Jackson and Nicola Davies LJJ, 30 April 2020)
Adoption – Parent – Identification of possible father
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal; the judge had been right to resist the proposal for sibling testing which would have been a disproportionate interference with the rights of the other children and their father.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2020] EWCA Civ 577
Case No: B4/2020/0419
BS19P02142
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 30 April 2020
Before :
LADY JUSTICE NICOLA DAVIES
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L (Adoption: Identification of Possible Father)
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by their Children’s Guardian
Hearing date: 23 April 2020
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Approved Judgment
Judgment: Re L (Adoption: Order Identification of Possible Father) [2020] EWCA Civ 577