23 Jan 2020
REGISTRAR-GENERAL OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES v AA AND MM [2020] NZHC 22 [4 March 2020]
- Citation
- [2020] NZHC 22
- Court
- High Court
For overseas adoptions within s11 of the Intercountry Adoption Act the Registrar-General must register the name appearing in the competent authority's art 23 certificate by application of ss24 and 25 of the BDMRR Act and reg 6; an art 23 certificate functions as the notice required for registration and, absent variation of that certificate or a registered name change under s21A/B, the Registrar-General correctly issues the birth certificate in the birth name; the Family Court orders purporting to convert or vary the adoption in this case were invalid and of no effect because the overseas adop…