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The Adoption of Kevin (a pseudonym) [2025] NSWSC 259 — Adoption — Barrister AI

The Adoption of Kevin (a pseudonym)

[2025] NSWSC 259

Supreme Court of NSW

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Catchwords

1. Child Welfare
2. › adoption
3. › order
4. › whether the making of an adoption order is in the best interests of the child
5. › whether a guardianship order should be made as an alternative to an adoption order
6. › whether an adoption order is the clearly preferable option
7. › whether the Court has jurisdiction to make a guardianship order
8. › where the Court can exercise its parens patriae jurisdiction to grant a guardianship order if it is the clearly preferable option.
1. Child Welfare
2. › adoption
3. › order
4. › where the birth parents oppose the adoption
5. › whether the consent of the birth parents should be dispensed with to make an adoption order
6. › where the birth mother seeks restoration.
1. Child Welfare
2. › adoption
3. › adoption plans
4. › where it is in the child’s best interests for an adoption order and declaration of parentage to be made
5. › where the applicant seeks registration of the adoption plans to facilitate future contact with the child’s birth family post-adoption
6. › whether the adoption plans are in the child’s best interests and proper in all of the circumstances
7. › where the birth mother has not signed the adoption plan.

Case Details

Citation[2025] NSWSC 259

CourtNSWSC

JurisdictionNew South Wales

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Cited by1

2026Re Adam (Adoption)NSWSC 179

Relies on8

2019Adoption of IEKNSWSC 171
2019Re the Adoption of CCS and FLSNSWSC 71
2019Adoption of Taylor-ClayNSWSC 27
2017Adoption of JLK and CRKNSWSC 7
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