Principal Officer, Family Spirit Adoption Services v D (ANONYMISED) [2022] NSWSC 142

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Principal Officer, Family Spirit Adoption Services v D (ANONYMISED) [2022] NSWSC 142 Hearing dates: 1 February 2022 Date of orders: 1 February 2022 Decision date: 14 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Sackar J Decision: Orders Made Catchwords: FAMILY LAW — Children — Adoption — declaration of parentage — whether the child is an Aboriginal child under s 4 of the Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) —placement with non-Aboriginal parents pursuant to s 4(2) or alternatively s 35(3) of the Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Children's Guardian Act 2019 (NSW) Status of Children Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adoption of BR [2018] NSWSC 1009 Adoption of IEK [2019] NSWSC 171 Adoption of J [2016] NSWSC 1098 Astarita & Cotton (No 2) [2017] FamCA 905 Dent & Rees [2012] FMCAfam 1303 Duckett & Robinson [2015] FCCA 997 GWM v DOCS [2000] NSWSC 1245 Hackett (a pseudonym) v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2020] NSWCA 83 McAuley & Salberg & Anor [2020] FCCA 1538 Re The Adoption of Z [2020] NSWSC 1725 Texts Cited: N/A Category: Principal judgment Parties: Principal Officer, Family Spirit Adoption Services (Plaintiff) C (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: