Approved Judgment
I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBBThis judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.SITTING AT NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNEIN THE MATTER OF SECTION 55A FAMILY LAW ACT 1986Sitting remotely as if from Royal Courts of JusticeStrand, London, WC2A 2LLBefore:THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBBIn the matter of:Re Ms L; Re Ms M (Declaration of Parentage)In the matter of Ms LDeirdre Fottrell QC & Olivia Magennis (instructed by Goodman Ray) for Ms L, ApplicantMs T (Executrix of the Estate of Mr D, deceased), Respondent, was neither present nor representedSimon Murray (instructed by the Government Legal Department) for the Attorney General as Advocate to the CourtIn the matter of Ms MDeirdre Fottrell QC & Olivia Magennis (instructed by Goodman Ray) for Ms M, ApplicantSimon Murray (instructed by the Government Legal Department) for the Attorney General as Advocate to the CourtHearing dates: 28 March 2022Approved JudgmentI direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE COBBThis judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
- Approved Judgment
- The Honourable Mr Justice Cobb:
- Procedural issues
- Ms L: the facts
- Ms M: the facts
- The legal issues discussed
- any person
- for a declaration as to whether or not a person named in the application is or was the parent of another person so named
- that the applicant has a sufficient personal interest in the determination of the application
- Where a declaration is made by a court on an application under subsection (1) above, the prescribed officer of the court shall notify the Registrar General, in such a manner and within such period as may be prescribed, of the making of that declaration
- the court shall make that declaration unless to do so would manifestly be contrary to public policy
- as if born as the child of the adopters or adopter
- as not being the child of any person other than the adopters or adopter
- to extinguish any parental responsibility of the natural parents
- Once an adoption order has been made the adopted child ceases to be the child of his previous parent and becomes the child for all purposes of the adopters as though he were their legitimate child
- fact
- legal
- The legal status of an individual in society should be spelled out accurately and in clear terms and recorded in properly maintained records
- Conclusion