Australia, April 21 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on March 21:
1. By amended summons filed 23 January 2025, the Secretary of the New South Wales Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) seeks an order that the child who I will call "Nami" (not her real name), now 11 years of age, be adopted by the proposed adoptive parents, who I will call "Charlotte Hawkin" (not her real name) and "Rory Hawkin" (not his real name).
2. The Secretary also seeks orders dispensing with the consent of Nami's birth parents, who I will call "Catarina Newgate" (not her real name) and "Frank Devon-Hancock" (not his real name); an order approving the name "Hawkin" (not her real surname) as the surname for ...