The petitioners are S and her illegitimate female child, P, born on 13th April 1982.
L is the father of the child.
On the 6th April 1983 the child, who was then almost one year old, was adopted by M and her husband J. Adoption proceedings had been conducted in the Court of Mr. G. Norris, Senior Magistrate at Santo before whom the petitioner S and the adoptive mother M gave evidence upon oath. S's evidence indicated her willingness to part with her child. The affidavit of S, the petitioner, states that she is a bank clerk, employed by Barclays Bank and that her employers transferred her to Santo in February 1983. She took the child, P, with her and her sister, M, began to look after the child. Her affidavit alleges that she was persuaded to appear in the Magistrate's Court so that M could care for the child.