The High Court have just considered this issue in  A and B v P Council 2014   http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2014/1128.html This is a step-parent adoption, i.e the child’s step-father seeking to become the child’s legal father, which would have the effect of severing the birth father’s legal relationship with the child. There are a raft of … Continue reading Step-parent adoption – telling the birth father