In a recent conference convened by Coram BAAF, Lord Justice MacFarlane, president of the Family Division discussed the case of Re B (A Child) (Post-Adoption Contact) [2019] EWCA Civ 29 - the first to come before the Court of Appeal following the implementation of Section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002. He confirmed that Re B had not changed the legal position regarding post-adoption contact orders and gave his view that "any move towards greater openness and flexibility in post-adoption contact arrangements must come organically, on a case-by-case basis, in a manner that brings prospective adopters along on a consensual basis".
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