DoCS v Y [1999] NSWSC 644

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : DoCS v Y [1999] NSWSC 644 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 2329/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 12, 13, 14, 17 and 24 May 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 June 1999

Director General, New South Wales Department of Community Services (P) PARTIES : v Y and Z, parents of X (D) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

G Moore ( 14 May 1999) (P) S Norton (24 May 1999) (P) COUNSEL : G Bartley (14 May 1999) (D) P Gerber (24 May 1999) (D) J C Stevenson (14 & 24 May 1999) (Special Representative) I V Knight, Crown Solicitor (P) SOLICITORS : Leonie Miller (D) Kathryn Renshall (Special Representative) CATCHWORDS : Family law - child welfare - anorexic child - custody and care of child - wardship of Court - Supreme Court's jurisdiction to make orders - order to authorise medical treatment contrary to child's wishes - order to exclude access by parents - order to authorise reasonable force Children (Care and Protection) Act 1987 (NSW) ss 72, 77, 88 and 96 ACTS CITED : Commonwealth Powers (Family Law - Children) Act 1986 (NSW) s 3 Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) ss 69ZE, 69ZF & 69ZK Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) ss 23, 53 B v Director-General Department of Community Services (Supreme Court of New South Wales, No. 3308/86, McLelland J, 5 December 1986, unreported) Darling v Darling (Supreme Court of New South Wales, No. 5385/86, Kearney J, 16 July 1987, unreported) Director-General Department of Community Services v Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Supreme Court of New South Wales, No. 2265/96, McLelland J, 4 June 1996, unreported) Ensby v Director-General Department of Community Services (Supreme Court of New South Wales, No. 4319/93, Bryson J, 21 April 1994, unreported) Fountain v Alexander (1982) 150 CLR 615 Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] 1 AC 112 K v Minister for Youth and Community Services [1982] 1 NSWLR 311 Morahan v Morahan (Supreme Court of New South Wales, No. 1405/88, Young J, 31 March 1988, unreported) CASES CITED : R v Gyngall [1893] 2 QB 232 Re C [1997] 2 FLR 180 Re E v E [1986] 2 SCR 407 Re J [1992] 3 WLR 507 Re R [1991] 3 WLR 592 Re S (an infant) [1967] 1 All ER 202 Re W [1992] 3 WLR 758 Secretary, Department of Health and Community Services v JWB & SMB (Marion's case) (1992) 175 CLR 218 Wellesley v Duke of Beaufort (1827) 2 Russ 1 Wellesley v Wellesley (1928) 2 Bli NS 124 DECISION : Orders made as sought by plaintiff