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[2019] NSWSC 369

A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 3)

(1) The applicants in this matter and their children are to be referred to only by pseudonyms (“A”, “B”, “C”, and “D”); and (2) Any matter which is likely to lead to the identification of A, B, C or D is not to be reported upon.

Catchwords

FAMILY LAW — Children — Pseudonym order

Cases cited

  • A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 2)[2019] NSWSC 43

Judgment

  1. [1]

    I gave judgment in this matter in February: see A v Secretary, Family and Community Services (No 2) [2019] NSWSC 43. The plaintiffs sought pseudonym orders to ensure that their children’s identity could not be identified from the publication of that judgment.

  2. [2]

    Being satisfied in the circumstances in which the application was made and the statutory regimes which apply to the proceedings in the Children’s Court, with which this application was concerned, which are explained in the February judgment, that the interests of justice required that the children’s identity not be disclosed. I made orders that:

    1. (1)

      The applicants in this matter and their children are to be referred to only by pseudonyms (“A”, “B”, “C”, and “D”); and

    2. (2)

      Any matter which is likely to lead to the identification of A, B, C or D is not to be reported upon.

Unofficial copy. Source: NSW Caselaw. Refer to the official version for authoritative text.