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Supreme Court of Nova Scotia

(FAMILY DIVISION)

Citation: R. (Re), 2014 NSSC 100

Date: 2014-03-14

Docket: Halifax No. SFHCFSA-070704, SFHMCA-42577

Registry: Halifax

 

In the Application of N.L. R. and W.H.J. R. to adopt the person whose birth is registered as No. […] by the Registrar General of Nova Scotia

 

and

 

In the matter of the Children and Family Services Act being Chapter 5 of the Statutes of Nova Scotia, 1990.

 

And Also in the Matter Between:

 

I.R.R.

Applicant

v.

N.L.R. and W.H.J.R.

Respondent

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Judge:

The Honourable Justice Douglas C. Campbell

Heard:

January 2, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Subject:

Adoption

Summary:

Principals of dispensing with consent to adoption were reviewed.  The father’s consent was dispensed with and the adoption was granted.

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