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New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Robb v Director General Department of Community Services & Ors [1999] NSWSC 754 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : 4126/98 HEARING DATE(S) : 11/03/99; 09/07/99 JUDGMENT DATE : 9 July 1999
Jamila Robb (P) PARTIES : Director General Department of Community Services (D1) Trina H (D2) Domenico S (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Young J
11/03/99: M W Anderson (P) I Bourke (D1) COUNSEL : D2 & 3 in person 09/07/99: M W Anderson (P) P Singleton (Solicitor)(D1)
SOLICITORS : Catherine Escobar (P) IV Knight (D1) CATCHWORDS : Family Law [108]- Children- Wardship- Types of wardship- When custodial wardship appropriate prior to adoption application. Family Law [120]- Children- Unsuccessful application for wardship- Costs. Family Law [133]- Children- Adoption- Mother requesting no Muslim adopt her child- Grandmother applicant a Muslim- Significance of keeping child within her biological family. ACTS CITED : (NSW) Adoption of Children Act 1965, s 19(2) Re The Adoption of Children Act (1979) 5 Fam LN 15 Re C (Young J, 15.11.1994 unreported) Calder v Charlton (1983) 9 Fam LR 285 Re DX [1949] Ch 320 Re E [1974] 1 NSWLR 739 CASES CITED : Jolley v Payne (1981) 7 Fam LR 81 R v Gyngall [1893] 2 QB 232 S v McC [1972] AC 24 R T [1995] 3 NZLR 373 Re W [1999] NSWSC 662 Re X (1964) 81 WN (Pt 1) (NSW) 335 DECISION : Summons dismissed
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