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‘Undoing’ an adoption – an update

‘Undoing’ an adoption – an update

by reporting watch team | Feb 20, 2026 | Explanation, FCReportingWatch

We’ve written before, (13 May 2021; 12 August 2021) about the very limited circumstances in which an adoption order can be set aside (sometimes described as ‘revoked’). The current law is that it is possible for an order to be set aside if the court...
‘Much loved’ two-year-old to be adopted following contested court proceedings

‘Much loved’ two-year-old to be adopted following contested court proceedings

by Julie Doughty | Jan 26, 2026 | Cases, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

‘Tomas’ is a two year old boy who was removed from his parents to live in foster care under an interim care order in January 2025. (None of the parties’ real names are used in this post.) In a three-day final hearing in November, care and placement for adoption orders...
Legal blogging – placement order for adoption of a baby

Legal blogging – placement order for adoption of a baby

by Julie Doughty | Jul 28, 2025 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch, Legal blogging

I wrote in April about an earlier hearing I’d attended in this case at Cardiff Family Court  before District Judge Saunders. This had originally seemed a sad but straightforward case of an abandoned baby for whom adoption would be the right outcome. Care...
Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

Family Court Reporting Watch Roundup

by reporting watch team | Dec 6, 2024 | Cases, Comment, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

Welcome to the Roundup, where we correct, clarify and comment on media reports of family law, explain and comment on published family court judgments, and highlight other transparency news.

London judge makes post-adoption contact order

London judge makes post-adoption contact order

by Julie Doughty | Jul 27, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

We’ve come across what we think is the first ever judgment published on TNA/BAILII where a post-adoption contact order under section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 has been made. However, this order makes rather a fleeting appearance in the very long and...
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