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NSW- Adoption matter type updates and NEW Surrogacy matter type

Surrogacy Agreement and Transfer of Parentage are now new matter types in LEAP.  They are located in the subfolder > Parentage > under Other areas of law > along with the existing Adoption matter type:


The Adoption matter type has been updated to align with the Surrogacy matter type to allow for automation of the Supreme Court forms.  Complete essential matter data for full automation of forms including:

 

  • Plaintiff/defendant card types must be entered as individual cards
  • Subsidiary Role layout attached to plaintiff/defendant card types – complete whether plaintiff/defendant is the “Birth Father”, “Birth Mother”, “Intended Father”, or “Intended Mother”:

  • Subsidiary Child information layout attached to the Child card type – complete the proposed name of the child:

  • Birth parent information and Intended parent information tables – complete the details of marriage/cohabitation here and other family members:

  • Critical dates for orders and plans.

LEAP Forms:

The following NEW forms have been added to the Adoption Forms folder and shortcut for use in each matter type:

  • File Coversheet [LL-FED-GEN-048]
  • Affidavit of service of notice of application for adoption order and-or consent dispense order – Form 41 [LL-NSW-UCPR-144]
  • Affidavit of birth parent – Form 40 [LL-NSW-UCPR-145]
  • Affidavit of intended parent – Form 40 [LL-NSW-UCPR-146]
  • Affidavit of referee – Form 40 [LL-NSW-UCPR-147]
  • Appearance – Form 6A [LL-NSW-UCPR-148]
  • Application for adoption information [LL-NSW-SC0094]
  • Order (adoption and approval of adoption plans) – Form 43 [LL-NSW-UCPR-149]
  • Order (adoption and registration of adoption plans) – Form 43 – Form 41 [LL-NSW-UCPR-150]
  • Memorandum of order [LL-NSW-SC0095]
  • Summons for adoption – Form 4A [LL-NSW-UCPR-151]

Critical Dates:

The following NEW critical dates have been added to the relevant matter types:

  • Adoption Plan date
  • Surrogacy Agreement Date
  • First Date for Filing
  • Last Date for Filing
  • Date of Order
  • Order for Transfer of Parentage Date
  • File Review Date
  • Completion/Settlement Date
  • Not Proceeding Date

You can provide feedback on the NEW matter types here.