NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision : (2002) FLC 93-120
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Taylor v Burgess [2002] NSWSC 676 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5204/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 25/07/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 25 July 2002
PARTIES : Gary Wayne Taylor - Plaintiff Gregory William Burgess - Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
COUNSEL : Mr J S Van Aalst - Plaintiff Mr R M Lovas - Defendant SOLICITORS : Tilbury & Co - Plaintiff Watson McNamara & Watt - Defendant CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT - contract by mother before child's birth not to make allegations of paternity against other party to contract - construction - public policy in establishing parentage - public policy against curtailing Family Provision Act jurisdiction - EVIDENCE - whether evidence of mother about child's parentage inadmissible because of contract not to make allegations of paternity Child Welfare Act Evidence Act 1995 LEGISLATION CITED : Family Law Act 1975 Family Provision Act Status of Children Act 1996 Wills Probate and Administration Act 1898 A v Hayden (1984) 156 CLR 532 A G Australia Holdings Ltd v Burton (2002) NSWSC 170 Director General Department of Community Services v A (2000) G v H (1993) 16 FamLR 525 CASES CITED : G v H (1994) 181 CLR 382 King v Foster (unreported, NSWCA, 7 December 1995) Lieberman v Morris (1944) 69 CLR 69 Re Morris (deceased) (1943) 43 SR (NSW) 35 Sullivan v Sclanders (2000) 77 SASR 419 Wilkinson v Osborne (1915) 21 CLR 89 DECISION : Mother's evidence admitted
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