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Legal Update - Adoption contact

3 mins read Legal
CoramBAAF’s Jane Poore, adoption consultant, and Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant, outline latest legal cases on how practitioners manage post adoption contact with birth families
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The mainstream media heralded a recent report by the Public Law Working Group (PLWG) as a dramatic change in the law relating to post adoption contact.

This is an exaggeration, as the PLWG does not have law making powers. However, the report by the PLWG’s adoption sub group does give guidance on how courts should apply the existing legislation to reflect the need for a fresh approach to contact.

Those with lived experience constantly reiterate the need for an individual, flexible approach which allows for differences in circumstances and can also adapt to reflect the changing needs of the child throughout childhood, teenage years and beyond.

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