The link is to the judgment of the Irish Supreme Court on matters relating to the Hague Convention and adoption.
A number of parents have won legal cases in Ireland which prevented their children being returned to England and placed in care on the basis that this would lead to adoption.
This case was an interesting one because the children were not actually in care or even subject to a care order, but that care proceedings were "pending". (Viz an application had been made to court.)
The first test in international public family law is one as to which country has jurisdiction. This is based on "habitual residence". It is now clearly the case that if court proceedings have started in England then the habitual residence is accepted as being in England even if the family have moved to Ireland.
The case has also looked at the question as to whether non-Irish citizens have Irish Constitutional Rights, but without resolving the issue in any way.
The judgment is a long and interesting one that is worth reading for anyone interested in this issue. Where it is wrong is that it sees the Irish and English law as being on the same spectrum. I believe in the long term that it will be recognised both that this is not the case and also that the trend in law has been damaging for children. The trend in law actually has been resisted for millennia and exists in the bible (Job 24:9). There is today as there has been in the past a demand for children from adoptive parents. There is a tendency for the system to respond to that demand by providing children from economically or politically weaker families.
If this all happens in secret then it tends to succeed without challenge, but if it is subject to proper public scrutiny then it is resisted.
What is clear about judicial systems and secrecy is that secrecy undermines the rule of law. At time it may be arguable that the secrecy is more important than the rule of law. However, if that is not the case then secrecy is to be avoided.
My advice to parents facing care proceedings is to follow the law. The law does not prevent people from emigrating when there are no proceedings. People considering emigrating to Ireland need to consider the financial issues. Since the financial crisis obtaining benefits in Ireland has been very difficult. Hence it is only those people with adequate resources that can do this.
A number of parents have won legal cases in Ireland which prevented their children being returned to England and placed in care on the basis that this would lead to adoption.
This case was an interesting one because the children were not actually in care or even subject to a care order, but that care proceedings were "pending". (Viz an application had been made to court.)
The first test in international public family law is one as to which country has jurisdiction. This is based on "habitual residence". It is now clearly the case that if court proceedings have started in England then the habitual residence is accepted as being in England even if the family have moved to Ireland.
The case has also looked at the question as to whether non-Irish citizens have Irish Constitutional Rights, but without resolving the issue in any way.
The judgment is a long and interesting one that is worth reading for anyone interested in this issue. Where it is wrong is that it sees the Irish and English law as being on the same spectrum. I believe in the long term that it will be recognised both that this is not the case and also that the trend in law has been damaging for children. The trend in law actually has been resisted for millennia and exists in the bible (Job 24:9). There is today as there has been in the past a demand for children from adoptive parents. There is a tendency for the system to respond to that demand by providing children from economically or politically weaker families.
If this all happens in secret then it tends to succeed without challenge, but if it is subject to proper public scrutiny then it is resisted.
What is clear about judicial systems and secrecy is that secrecy undermines the rule of law. At time it may be arguable that the secrecy is more important than the rule of law. However, if that is not the case then secrecy is to be avoided.
My advice to parents facing care proceedings is to follow the law. The law does not prevent people from emigrating when there are no proceedings. People considering emigrating to Ireland need to consider the financial issues. Since the financial crisis obtaining benefits in Ireland has been very difficult. Hence it is only those people with adequate resources that can do this.
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You are saying if there are care proceedings then families are stuck here. That benefits are hard to get in Ireland so that makes it difficult then for a single mother to escape the English SS if they have decided to victimise her??
as far as i can tell I kept everyhting legal...suspect it may have been technically legal to defend oneself when yob mother******* attacks you, although I chose not to....what act of pariament is it that made it legal for psychopaths that refuse to confirm or deny if they know who they are to torture me into making me talk to them about thing sthey already knew about?
http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-chavez-did-u-latin-american-leaders-cancer-200524479.html
so even statemen not immune to these attacks....so have you had yourself checked recently John or are you the new Shami...? my best guess is that freaking immune system not let me die from it yet....
just talking is enough these days...
http://jakemaverick.blogspot.com/
presumably no plaguerism when the Lib Dems blatntly rip of my material also, never ecen a thank you of Nick for that one either....not even sure that I'm happy that he obviously found the time to read it or not!
wonder which random bits gonna get snipped out of that then?
if i ever pay any tax again knowing full well wher itg oes then technically that would make me a prostitute, which is illegal, allegedly on this part of the planet...
but here's the thing though, if i booked a prostitute via a server in Holland for exxample, or soemwhere else where what is illegal and what iscriminal are more closely alligned, as long as entire transaction was done on their server it would make it legal here? or does that only apply to companies that the govt approves of....?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/fugitive-fraudster-brown-arrested-204005546.html
and illegally arrested to....? point being law doesn't apply when it comes to the British state....how could he be arrested there with no extradition treaty...? so just abducted then...
http://www.legitgov.org/Britain-brags-about-war-Iran
and getting beyond ridiculuss now..
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/01/05/new-law-requires-photo-id-to-buy-drain-cleaner/
when is that coming here?
so when a law is passed to go around killing all the ginger people you'll be advising people to do that will you John....?
i dare you to publish any of that...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2083768/Secret-justice-How-Cameron-Clegg-vowed-hand-liberties-instead-planning-illiberal-changes-justice-system.html
and bit of possible freindly fire here, keep forgetting that WordPress for soem reason doesn't like the pointy brackets.....but that doesn't explain all the censorship!
who would notice or even care when i get disappeared again....? only matter of time....they say a sign of madness is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different outcome....but i've already tried everything accept fight....so last one to try! i'll probably make the news one day.....
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/new_scientist/2012/01/the_nuremberg_code_set_up_to_protect_the_human_subjects_of_research_is_being_routinely_ignored_.html
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/222335.html
(yes i know that domain likely to set off some larms....)
and then there was that legal appeal court hearing where now it is apparently legal to keep people prisoner against their will, en when there is a specific law (alegedly) making that illegal.....presumably assaulting and abducting peple to when they refuse/ defend themselves.....do you know what side you're on John? i need potection, drop me aline i might have a business proposal for you....