Siblings left in ‘legal limbo’ by adoption ruling

Two children have been left in “a legal limbo” because the Adoption Authority of Ireland refuses to recognise their overseas adoption by an Irish-based couple, the High Court has heard.

The couple are both Irish citizens. The wife is the children’s biological aunt. They have launched a High Court action aimed overturning the authority’s decision that the children, a boy and a girl, are not eligible for adoption.

The parties involved in the case cannot be identified for legal reasons. In an affidavit to the court, the husband said he found the decision “difficult to comprehend”.