The Adoption of Angelo (a pseudonym) [2025] NSWSC 32

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: The Adoption of Angelo (a pseudonym) [2025] NSWSC 32 Hearing dates: On the papers Date of orders: 7 February 2025 Decision date: 07 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Nixon J Decision: Orders for adoption made; consent of father and mother dispensed with; change of name approved Catchwords: CHILD WELFARE – adoption – whether in child's best interest that adoption order be made – whether adoption order clearly preferable – whether consent of mother should be dispensed with – whether consent of father should be dispensed with, in circumstances where father cannot, after reasonable inquiries, be found or identified – whether change of name should be approved Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW), ss 8, 52, 67, 68, 72, 88, 90, 92, 101, 180 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW), Dictionary to the Act Cases Cited: Adoption of BL [2018] NSWSC 391 Adoption of JLK and CRK [2017] NSWSC 7 Adoption of NG (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 680 Adoption of RCC and RZA [2015] NSWSC 813 Adoption of Taylor-Clay [2019] NSWSC 27 Adoption of Tiana (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWSC 1561 Application of A - re D [2006] NSWSC 1056 Director General Department of Family and Community Services; Re Stephen [2011] NSWSC 1521 Director General Department of Human Services; Re M [2011] NSWSC 369 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 AJH [2017] NSWSC 1751 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 The Adoption of Ashleigh (a pseudonym) [2024] NSWSC 763 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Principal Officer, Anglican Community Services (Trading as Anglicare) (Plaintiff) Representation: Solicitors: Plaintiff (self-represented) File Number(s): 2024/00403844 Publication restriction: This judgment has been anonymised pursuant to s 180 of the Adoption Act 2000 (NSW)