Claim: A judge refused to allow a child to live with her grandparents, instead of being adopted, because they were too old.
Fact-check: The "too old to adopt their granddaughter" myth - Full Fact
Verdict: this isn't correct. age was mentioned in passing in the judge's written decision, but not as the main reason for it.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2015-07-24T00:00:00