The Adoption of Henry (a pseudonym) [2023] NSWSC 939

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Adoption of Henry (a pseudonym) [2023] NSWSC 939 Hearing dates: 03 August 2023 Date of orders: 09 August 2023 Decision date: 10 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Order for adoption to be made Catchwords: CHILD WELFARE – adoption – intercountry adoption – non convention country – subsequent adoption has effect that earlier adoption order ceases to have effect – where adoption by birth mother and step father as couple Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Adoption of Infants Act 1944 (Fiji) Adoption Regulation 2015 (NSW) Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998 (Cth) Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption Cases Cited: Adoption of BL [2018] NSWSC 391 Adoption of GK (Anonymised) [2020] NSWSC 362 Adoption of MSAT [2014] NSWSC 1950 Adoption of RCC and RZA [2015] NSWSC 813 Application of A - re D [2006] NSWSC 1056 Re the Adoption of CCS and FLS [2019] NSWSC 71 Texts Cited: Practice Note SC Eq 13 Category: Principal judgment Parties: "Sally" (a pseudonym) (First Plaintiff) "Liam" (a pseudonym) (Second Plaintiff) "Amelia" (a pseudonym) (First Defendant) "William" (a pseudonym) (Second Defendant) Secretary, New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (Intervener) Representation: Counsel: R Dart (Intervener)