Supreme Court rejects bid to revoke adoption of sisters
Summary
The UK Supreme Court rejected a woman’s request to cancel her adoption of two sisters, ruling that adoption is meant to be permanent. The children, now adults, chose to live with their birth mother, but the court said undoing adoption could harm the adoption system.Key Facts
- A woman asked the UK Supreme Court to cancel her adoption of two sisters now aged 18 and 19.
- The children had resumed contact and moved back to live with their birth mother.
- The adoptive mother supported the request based on the children's wishes, not because she rejected them.
- The court said adoption should be permanent and only reversed in rare cases of mistakes.
- Experts warned canceling adoptions could make it harder to find adoptive parents and create uncertainty.
- UK law supports adoption permanence to protect children and ensure safety.
- The local authority and Department for Education opposed revoking the adoption except in extreme situations.
- The court allowed the sisters to change their surnames back to their birth mother’s.
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