Secretary, Department of Communities& Justice Re: The Adoption of D [2019] NSWSC 1813

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Secretary, Department of Communities& Justice Re: The Adoption of D [2019] NSWSC 1813 Hearing dates: 4 December 2019 Date of orders: 04 December 2019 Decision date: 04 December 2019 Jurisdiction: Equity - Adoptions List Before: Sackar J Decision: Adoption Order Made Catchwords: FAMILY LAW – Children – Adoption – Whether adoption clearly preferable – whether adoption is in child's best interests – contact – adoption plans Legislation Cited: Adoption Act 2000 (NSW) Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Status of Children Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Adoption of AT [2016] NSWSC 1971 Adoption of Hogarth (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 9 Adoption of KH [2015] NSWSC 274 Adoption of NG (No 2) [2014] NSWSC 680 Adoption of Taylor-Clay [2019] NSWSC 27 Adoption of RCC and RZA [2015] NSWSC 813 Application of A; Re D [2006] NSWSC 1056; (2006) 36 Fam LR 142 Director-General, Dept of Community Services v D & Ors [2007] NSWSC 762; (2007) 37 Fam LR 595 In the matter of O; In the matter of S [2019] NSWSC 20 Re the Adoption of AJH [2017] NSWSC 751 Texts Cited: n/a Category: Principal judgment Parties: Secretary, New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (plaintiff) X F (first defendant) WC (second defendant) UD (third defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms M Barnett (plaintiff) J Harris (second defendant) D-L Del Monte (third defendant)