The Adoption of Emily (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWSC 87

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Adoption of Emily (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWSC 87 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 9 February 2024 Decision date: 12 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Order pursuant to the Court's inherent jurisdiction the person recorded on the child's birth certificate as the child's father is not the child's father; order the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages correct the Register Catchwords: CHILD WELFARE – parentage – declaration of non-parentage Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) Status of Children Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Ainsworth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564; [1992] HCA 10 Crawford v Davidson-Crawford [2019] NSWSC 728 Estate of Aspasia Kandros [2019] NSWSC 757 G v H (1994) 181 CLR 387; [1994] HCA 48 GWM v DOCS [2000] NSWSC 1245 Johnson v Johnson [2022] NSWSC 44 The Estate of Alan Bruce Beeby [2020] NSWSC 1512 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Secretary, New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (Plaintiff) Representation: Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) File Number(s): 2023/454762 Publication restriction: This judgment has been anonymised pursuant to s 180 of the Adoption Act 2000 (NSW)