18 Nov 2010
IQBAL SHARIF AND ORS V THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HC AK CIV 2010-404-2306
- Citation
- openlaw-0fef9a13_a2e2_46b3_9334_f641fea2b79f.pdf
- Court
- High Court
On the particular facts — a joint deed evidencing private adoption, a Pakistani court guardianship order made to give effect to that deed and permit removal of the child, issuance of a new birth certificate naming the adoptive parents, and corroborating administrative certification — the Pakistani measures together constituted an adoption for the purposes of s17(2)(c)(i) of the Adoption Act 1955 and therefore have the same effect as a New Zealand adoption order; declaration granted.