This case concerned an application by a lesbian couple (M and T) to adopt a girl (C). The couple had been living in Nicaragua and had wished to adopt children. However, the law of Nicaragua did not allow same-sex couples to adopt. For this reason both M and T adopted a child respectively: M adopted child C and T adopted child J. Both adults and children lived together as a family. The family then moved to the United Kingdom.
Child J suffered with an attachment disorder and found it difficult to get along with her non-adoptive parent (M). For this reason the couple decided to live in separate homes, within easy walking distance. Despite these living arrangements the family spent a lot of time together as a whole.
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