152.Subsections (9) and (10) deal with the situation where an unmarried mother gives consent to placement under section 19 and subsequently the child’s father acquires parental responsibility for the child, by marriage or a parental responsibility agreement or order under the Children Act 1989. Under subsection (10) the father who later acquires parental responsibility is deemed to have consented on the same basis as the mother. Without this authority for the placement would lapse immediately the father acquired parental responsibility. Following his acquisition of parental responsibility, and regardless of subsection (10), the father would be able to withdraw consent in the case of a placement for adoption, which is the same position the mother is in. Where the mother has given advance consent to adoption, the father would be given notice of the application for an adoption order and would be able to oppose, with the leave of the court, the making of the order.
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