Windle & Anor and Choi

In the matter of *Windle & Anor and Choi*, heard before Murphy J, the applicants, Mr Windle and Ms Yeong, sought leave to commence adoption proceedings concerning a child, Y, born in April 1994. The respondent was identified as Choi.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether to grant the applicants leave to commence adoption proceedings, as required by section 60G of the *Family Law Act 1975*. A related procedural matter concerned the satisfaction of service requirements, specifically whether service effected in Taiwan, a non-convention country, had been carried out in accordance with the law of that jurisdiction, as stipulated by Rule 7.19 of the *Family Law Rules 2004*.

Murphy J granted leave to the applicants to commence adoption proceedings. The court was satisfied, based on the evidence presented, that service had been effected in Taiwan in compliance with the relevant Taiwanese law, thereby meeting the requirements of Rule 7.19 of the *Family Law Rules 2004*.