Pathways to adoption: from long and winding road to obstacle course

Judith Masson

doi:10.1017/9781780687001.008

Pathways to adoption: from long and winding road to obstacle course

Judith Masson

University of Bristol Law School

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An analysis of reforms to adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 2002, and how they have been interpreted in the courts focusing on fairness, risk and delay issues which the reforms were intended to resolve. It concludes that adoption can still work unfairly in relation each of the parties in the adoption triangle, parents, children and adopters, and remains prone to delay.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International and national perspectives on child and family law
Subtitle of host publication	Essays in honour of Nigel Lowe
Editors	Gillian Douglas, Mervyn Murch, Victoria Stephens
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	8
Pages	81-96
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781780687001
ISBN (Print)	9781780686417
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781780687001.008
Publication status	Published - 12 Oct 2018

Keywords

adoption
Law reform
Fairness
delay
children's rights
parent's rights

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Pathways to adoption: from long and winding road to obstacle course. / Masson, Judith.
International and national perspectives on child and family law: Essays in honour of Nigel Lowe. ed. / Gillian Douglas; Mervyn Murch; Victoria Stephens. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. p. 81-96.

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