Case name: Re T (A Child) (Early Permanence Placement)
Case number: (2015) EWCA Civ 983
Judge: Sir James Munby P
Location: Court of Appeal
Prior to his birth in November 2014, a married couple, Mr and Mrs X, had been approved as adopters for a child. They agreed to care for him as foster carers with a view to adopting him if adoption was approved. The child's parents agreed to the placement under Section 20 of the Children Act 1989, the prospective adopters signed an early permanence agreement and an interim care order was made.
In January 2015, the child's father put the paternal grandparents forward for an assessment as potential carers for the child. Following a full kinship care assessment of the paternal grandparents, the local authority informed Mr and Mrs X that the care plan was no longer for adoption but for special guardianship in favour of the paternal grandparents. Both parents supported that plan.
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