Adoption: Placement abroad

ADOPTION: Re B (Placement For Adoption: Grandmother’s Objection) 20.11.12 (Thorpe, Elias and Black LJJ)

The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal from a Slovakian grandmother against a placement order in respect of her grandchildren. The case illustrates the difficulties of assessment of relatives from abroad and how LA’s may need to show more flexibility in their approach.

Parental Rights in EU countries: Information from EJN

Check out the following web pages if you want to check the position on PR in EU countries. For Hague cases where there is a lack of clarity over rights of custody this might contain the answer.
As it is part of the European Judicial Network it's contents may carry some weight and might avoid an expensive SJE or unnecessary Article 15 applicaiton.

http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/parental_resp/parental_resp_gen_en.htm