The High Court has granted Tusla's application to adopt a 17-year-old girl without the consent of her birth parents, considering the girl's best interests and wishes.
The High Court has granted an application by Tusla to have a girl adopted without the consent of her birth parents . Photograph: iStockThe application was brought by the Child and Family Agency and a foster carer while the girl’s birth parents were listed as respondents in the case, as was the Adoption Authority of Ireland.
“I do not accept that I have failed in my duty to since her birth. I maintained a relationship with my daughter. Any failures on my part in respect of my daughter did not constitute an abandonment of all parental rights,” he said in his affidavit. The birth mother submitted she does not understand why adoption was necessary when her daughter was approaching her majority , did not have special needs and is capable of “managing her own affairs”.
“It is also worth observing that the ties created by an adoption do not cease when the adopted child attains his or her majority,” she said.
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