Groth v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2021] NSWCATAD 271

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Groth v Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2021] NSWCATAD 271 Hearing dates: 15 March 2021, 13 July 2021 Date of orders: 17 September 2021 Decision date: 17 September 2021 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S E Frost, Senior Member Decision: (1) Set aside the decision under review. (2) Order the Respondent to make an addition to the particulars contained in the entry relating to the birth of the Applicant, so as to record the Applicant's father as Dennis John Finlay. Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – births, deaths and marriages – birth record for the Applicant does not state name of the father – Applicant and her mother claim an identified person was her father – claim disputed by offspring of the identified person Legislation Cited: Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Administrative Decisions Review Act 1997 (NSW) Status of Children Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: None cited Texts Cited: None cited Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kristy Groth (Applicant) Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (First Respondent) Leah Finlay (Second Respondent) Representation: Solicitors: Applicant (Self-represented) (assisted by her husband David Groth as agent (by leave) Department of Customer Service (First Respondent) Second Respondent (Self-represented) File Number(s): 2020/00273903 Publication restriction: No restriction