Re C (Adoption – procedural irregularities) [2023] EWFC 70

The case concerned a 5 year old girl (C).  Applications for care and placement orders were made by Local Authority 1 (“LA1”), and she was made subject to care and placement orders in May 2018, aged 6 months.  The final care plan proposed that there should be letterbox contact twice a year, and the District Judge approved the care plan.