21 Aug 2008
CHEON V THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL HC AK CIV 2007-404-7669
- Citation
- openlaw-399507b8_5f57_4b4d_a6d1_3249988c0be2.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The court declared the Korean adoption orders effective as if made in New Zealand because the applicant satisfied s17 Adoption Act 1955: the court previously found adoptive parents had superior day-to-day care rights and accepted admissible evidence (affidavit of Korean lawyer corroborated by Attorney-General's inquiries) that under Korean law adoptive and birth parents have equal succession rights, thereby meeting s17(2)(c)(ii).