Masson v. Parsons & Ors
Case No.
S6/2019
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
28/06/2018 Family Court of Australia (Thackray, Murphy, & Aldridge JJ )
Catchwords
Family law – Parentage – Artificial insemination – Where appellant and first respondent conceived child using artificial insemination – Where appellant listed on child’s birth certificate as father – Where primary judge found appellant was “parent” for purpose of Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) because provided genetic material for purpose of fathering child he expected to parent – Where Full Court allowed appeal on basis s 79 of Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth) picked up s 14(2) of Status of Children Act 1996 (NSW) which operated to determine appellant not “parent” – Whether Full Court erred in concluding s 14(2) of Status of Children Act operated to determine appellant not “parent” for purpose of Family Law Act – Whether Full Court erred in concluding s 60H of Family Law Act exhaustively defines parents of child for purpose of Family Law Act.
Documents*
14/12/2018 Hearing (SLA, Sydney)
08/01/2019 Notice of appeal
08/01/2019 Notice of constitutional matter (Appellant)
08/02/2019 Written submissions (Appellant)
08/02/2019 Chronology (Appellant)
22/02/2019 Written submissions (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)
01/03/2019 Written submissions (Third Respondent)
08/03/2019 Written submissions (First and Second Respondents)
19/03/2019 Amended Written submissions (First and Second Respondents)
22/03/2019 Written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)
29/03/2019 Reply
29/03/2019 Amended written submissions (Attorney-General for the State of Victoria intervening)
16/04/2019 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/04/2019 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
16/04/2019 Outline of oral argument (Attorney-General of the Commonwealth intervening)
16/04/2019 Outline of oral argument (Third Respondent)
16/04/2019 Outline of oral argument (Attorney-General for Victoria intervening)
16/04/2019 Outline of oral argument (First and Second Respondents)
17/04/2019 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
19/06/2019 Judgment (Judgment summary)