Australia, April 27 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 28:
1. The appeal is brought by YLO and is about his fifty-two-year-old daughter, YMD. YMD has multiple health problems, a severe intellectual disability and is dependent on others for all aspects of daily living. For ease of reading, in these reasons we will refer to YMD and YLO as "the Daughter" and "the Father" respectively.
2. Since 2013, the Daughter has been the subject of a series of guardianship orders under the Guardianship Act 1987 (NSW). Under each order, the Father was appointed as the Daughter's guardian and, until September 2024, sole guardian.
3. The Daughter resides in supported independent accommodation opera...