NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: The Adoption of Jacob [2024] NSWSC 991 Hearing dates: 9 August 2024 Date of orders: 9 August 2024 Decision date: 09 August 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Hmelnitsky J Decision: (1) The Court makes an order for the adoption of the child Jacob in favour of the Proposed Adoptive Parents, and approves the surname of the Proposed Adoptive Parents as the surname and "Jacob" as the given name of the child. Catchwords: CHILD WELFARE – Adoption – Best interests of the child – Where child consents to adoption Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) ss 8, 50, 51, 54, 90, 101 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adoption of NG (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 680 Adoption of SVS [2015] NSWSC 2043 Application of A – re D [2006] NSWSC 1056 In re W (A Child) (Adoption: Grandparents' Competing Claim) [2017] 1 WLR 889; [2016] EWCA Civ 793 Re B (A Minor) [2001] UKHL 70; [2002] 1 All ER 241 Re the Adoption of CCS and FLS [2019] NSWSC 71 Secretary, New South Wales Department of Family and Community Services by his delegate, Principal Officer, Barnardos Australia v MB and JW [2017] NSWSC 1087 Category: Principal judgment Parties: The Secretary, New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (Plaintiff) Representation: Counsel: determined on the papers
Solicitors: File Number(s): 2024/131234 Publication restriction: This judgment has been anonymised pursuant to s 180 of the Adoption Act 2000 (NSW).
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