Incredible adoption report

[ThisHonestPeachEagle]

An absolutely incredible series of events shared by Suesspicious Minds blog. The poor child in this case was adopted whilst the parents actively deceived the LA and courts about their relationship. And it gets wilder from there! Thankfully rare but jaw dropping nevertheless. https://suesspiciousminds.com/2026/05/12/duty-of-candour/

I read this elsewhere.
I was shocked by (A) the behaviour of the adoptive parents and (B) the fact that the adoption was overturned.

It’s sad to read these cases and whilst I do believe that if a child is being placed for adoption they deserve and need stability and therefore an adoption order should be permanent it is cases such as these which means we need to have that ability should the absolute need arise to exercise it and it is extremely rare (and so it should be) for an adoption to be overturned.

I would have imagined that should the child have been left with the adoptive parents there would have been significant concerns from reading the article.

Totally agree. It does leave me to wonder how they got through the process without the lies being detected. The behaviours don’t appear to be one offs but a pattern of dreadful choices.

Stories like this (and the awful Preston Davey case) really make me question the assessment process for potential adopters. Everyone is really put through the wringer, every corner of life poked and prodded, but it turns out if you're a good liar and present yourself the right way it makes no difference? I know cases this extreme are rare but I can't help feeling there must be learning here about the approval process.

I'm wondering about the referees and what they knew / said.