Sentences with phrase «adoption against her wishes»

Remember, even if there is a plan for adoption, a child can not be placed for adoption against the wishes of the parents without a placement order being made by the court.

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«We believe it would be unreasonable, unnecessary and unjust discrimination against Catholics for the government to insist that if they wish to continue to work with local authorities, Catholic adoption agencies must act against the teaching of the church and their own consciences by being obliged in law to provide such a service.»

Where parents have relinquished a child (consensual adoption) and express a wish that the child be adopted outside the birth family, the degree of interference with family life is less than where the parent / child relationship is terminated against the parent's wishes (non-consensual adoption).

Examples of recent cases include successfully defending a mother against allegations she had smothered and killed two of her children and applying for a reporting restriction order in the same case, defending parents in several cases where they were alleged to have caused death by shaking, defending a mother in a case where she was alleged to have caused multiple fractures, representing the local authority in a case where foster parents wished to prevent an adoption, representing a father in proceedings following an informal surrogacy arrangement, and representing a father who was alleged to have tampered with life - preserving equipment being used by his infant daughter.