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In the matter of Re A (A Child: Adoption Time Limits s44(3)) [2020] EWHC 3296 (Fam) An application to adopt A who had attained her majority. The court considered whether the application failed to comply with one of the statutory criteria of section 44, Adoption and Children Act 2002. The application to adopt was made and issued before A reached her majority. A was the child of the applicant's (Z's) cousin and was born in St Lucia to parents did not feel able to care for her. In 2002, Z agreed to bring A to England and bring her up alongside her four children. A's parents signed a deed akin t...