Adoption — final order — surrogacy — welfare and best interests of child — Adoption Act 1955, s 11. The applicants applied to adopt a baby boy. He was their child genetically and had been born via surrogacy. The surrogate mother was a good friend of the applicants and wanted to discharge her legal liabilities to the child as soon as possible. The birth had been arranged through a fertility support centre. The child had lived with the applicants since his birth and it was the intention of everyone involved that the applicants would not only be his biological parents but also his parents in the eyes of the law. As the birth mother had consented to the adoption, a social worker had found the applicants to be fit and proper people to adopt the boy and the adoption was in the welfare and best interests of the child, the Judge granted the adoption order. A final order was made, rather than the usual interim order, as in the circumstances this was best for the child. Judgment Date: 3 May 2018. * * * Note: Names have been changed to comply with legal requirements * * *