NSW Caselaw
Supreme Court New South Wales
Medium Neutral Citation: A Child Proposed for Adoption [2019] NSWSC 1653 Hearing dates: 12, 13 and 29 November 2019 Date of orders: 13 December 2019 Decision date: 13 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Slattery J Decision: Order made dispensing with the consent of the birth parents. Order for adoption made. Adoption plan approved. Catchwords: ADOPTION – contested adoption – Adoption Act 2000, ss 52, 67, 90 and 91 – application to dispense with the consent of the birth mother and birth father and for an adoption order – birth mother and birth father do not consent to adoption order – child has been with adoptive parents from the age of four weeks – child is now six years old – whether an adoption order is in the best interests of the child – consideration of the alternatives to an adoption order. Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000, ss 50, 52, 67, 90, 91 Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 Cases Cited: Adoption of NG (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 680 Adoption of RCC and RZA [2015] NSWSC 813 Adoption of SP [2018] NSWSC 391 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff: Secretary, New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice First Defendant: the birth mother Second Defendant: the birth father Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff: C. McGorey
Solicitors: Plaintiff: Karen Smith, Crown Solicitor for NSW First Defendant: no appearance Second Defendant: in person File Number(s): 2019/325610 Publication restriction: Yes
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