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Step-parents: Rights, remedies and recognition
Emily Watson and Artemis Michael provide a guide to key legislation and case law that applies as to the options available to a step-parent in relation to a step-child Adoption is the most secure way to ensure a married or unmarried step-parent may remain in a child’s life, as the step-parent becomes a permanent and …
Cases Referenced
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- FC v MC [2021] EWHC 154 (Fam)
- Re E (Adoption by One Person) [2021] EWFC 45
- Re G (Children) [2006] UKHL 43
- Re H & anor (minors) (adoption: putative father's rights) (No 3) [1991] 2 All ER 185
- Re J (Adoption: Appeal) [2018] EWFC 8
- Re N (Surrogacy: Enduring Family Relationship: Child's Home) [2019] EWFC 21
- Re R (Parental responsibility) [2011] EWHC 1535 (Fam)
- Re X (A Child) (Surrogacy: Time limit) [2014] EWHC 3135 (Fam)
- T v B (Parental Responsibility: Financial Provision) [2010] EWHC 1444 (Fam)