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[2] The Judge decided to dismiss the appellants' application for adoption. It is from this order that the appeal has been brought. The Judge also dismissed the respondent's application for enhanced contact with the children. There is no appeal in respect of that order before this court.
[3] Throughout the proceedings the children have been represented by a guardian ad litem.
[4] Before this court, Mrs Keegan QC and Ms Murray BL represented the appellants; Mr McGuigan QC and Ms McAleavey BL represented the respondent; Ms Lindsay BL represented the Trust; and Ms Robinson BL represented the Guardian ad Litem. The court is grateful to all counsel for their well composed and helpful oral and written submissions.
[6] The father of the children has also had a chequered past. He has been married 3 times, the last time being to the mother of the children. He has been beset with problems of law breaking, domestic violence and alcohol abuse. He had one child in the course of his first marriage and 5 children in the course of his second marriage. The latter children long since have been taken into care.
[8] Two articles of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 are of importance in respect of this appeal. The first one is Article 9 of the 1987 Order. It states:
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