Adoption The Adoption Act 1955 established the principle of secrecy , the previous identity of the adopted child was inaccessible and birth parents were not given access to the new identity of their child .The legislation and practice were based upon an assumption that the past should be concealed and the birth mother would forget her ordeal. This specific feature of the present legislation runs counter to the developing trend towards openness in adoption. The opening up …showed first 75 words of 1138 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1138 total…beneficail to the birth mother rather than the welfare of the child. In a UK report it recommended that a framework should only be provded where there is already establhisehd bonds with birth families. The general rule in common law is set out in RE Valeintines Settlement([1965]1 Ch 831) where recognition of an adoption made overseas will depend on whterth the adoptiong parents were domiciled(in recent times it has been refered to has habitual residence)