Hurst And Anor and Chapman

Hogan J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application by the applicants, Hurst and Anor, for leave to commence adoption proceedings concerning a child named D. The specific nature of the dispute leading to this application is not detailed, but the core of the matter concerned the procedural step of obtaining judicial permission to initiate adoption proceedings.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether to grant leave to the applicants pursuant to section 60G of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). This section governs the circumstances under which a person may commence proceedings for the adoption of a child, requiring judicial discretion to be exercised in favour of granting such leave.

The Court's reasoning and the legal principles applied are not elaborated upon in the provided text, beyond the explicit reference to section 60G of the *Family Law Act 1975*. The decision to grant leave indicates that the Court was satisfied that the statutory threshold for commencing adoption proceedings had been met.

The Court ordered that pursuant to section 60G of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth), leave be granted to the applicants to commence adoption proceedings in relation to the child D.