Adoption and permanence orders: whether parental consent should be dispensed with and permanence order with authority for adoption granted.

Plumtree, Alexandra

East Lothian Council, Petitioners, in respect of KAH Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders at Haddington Sheriff P Gillam 20 January 2011

The sheriff granted an application for a permanence order with authority for adoption under section 80 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007.

Aberdeenshire City Council, Petitioners, in respect of CW Sheriffdom of Grampian, Highland and Islands at Aberdeen Sheriff P Mann 28 January 2011

This was the written Note following the sheriff's decision on 6 December 2010, to refuse an application for a permanence order with authority for adoption.

Inverclyde Council v MT and MS Court of Session, Scotland Lord Pentland 8 February 2011

The judge granted applications for three children for permanence orders with authority for adoption under section 80 of the 2007 Act. The children were already placed with prospective adopters in England.

East Lothian Council, Petitioners, in respect of LK Sheriffdom of Lothian and Borders at Edinburgh Sheriff Principal E F Bowen Edinburgh Sheriff Court 8 March 2011

This was an appeal against the granting of a permanence order with authority for adoption. The Sheriff Principal remitted the case to the same sheriff, for him specifically to consider the 'grounds' for a basic permanence order, as set out in section 84(5)(c) of the 2007 Act.

(1) These short notes outline a number of recent family law cases. They are available on the Scottish Courts website (www.scotcourts.gov.uk) except the first one, which is on the Supreme Court's website (www.supremecourt.gov.uk) under Decided Cases.

Alexandra Plumtree, Legal Consultant at BAAF's Scottish Centre, prepared these notes