In the matter of an adoption of QS (No 2)

[2021] ACTSC 107

Supreme Court of the ACT

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For Australian Law.

1. Adoption
2. › APPLICATION TO DISPENSE WITH CONSENT OF BIRTH PARENT
3. › Whether adoption in the best interests of the child
4. › where child has been cared for by applicants for eight years
5. › where child has relationship with birth mother
6. › whether conditional order may be made
7. › whether parens patriae jurisdiction excluded by Adoption Act 1993 (ACT) s 40
1. Words and Phrases
2. › “necessary”
3. › whether statutory context means essential or required