NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: Re the Adoption of BAEH [2019] NSWSC 214 Hearing dates: 3 December 2018 Date of orders: 12 December 2018 Decision date: 06 March 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: See paragraph 89 Catchwords: FAMILY LAW AND CHILD WELFARE – Child welfare under State legislation - Application for the adoption of child in favour of one person - Father of the child opposed orders until the hearing and then withdrew opposition, although did not consent to the adoption orders - Mother of the child does not consent but did not appear at the hearing despite notice of hearing having been given to her - Whether consent of child's birth parents should be dispensed with - Whether order for adoption of child should be made in favour of proposed adoptive parent - Whether proposed name change for the child to include surname of proposed adoptive parent should be approved
FAMILY LAW AND CHILD WELFARE – Adoption Plans – registration Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) Cases Cited: Re the Adoption of CCS and FLS [2019] NSWSC 71 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Secretary for the Department of Family and Community Services by his delegate Principal Officer, Adoptions, Barnardos Australia (Plaintiff) VEH (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms T Stevens (Plaintiff) Ms C Lioumis (Defendant)
Solicitors: Crown Solicitor's Office (Plaintiff) Metta Legal (Defendant) File Number(s): A114/2017
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