G.M.Z. and E.G.Z. v. T.F.S.B., (1979) 1 Man.R.(2d) 253 (CoCt)

• Court: Provincial Court of Manitoba (Canada)
• Case Date: October 23, 1979
• Jurisdiction: Manitoba
• Citations: (1979), 1 Man.R.(2d) 253 (CoCt)

G.M.Z. v. T.F.S.B. (1979), 1 Man.R.(2d) 253 (CoCt)

MLB headnote and full text

G.M.Z. and E.G.Z. v. T.F.S.B.

Indexed As: G.M.Z. and E.G.Z. v. T.F.S.B.

Manitoba County Court

Keith, C.C.J.

October 23, 1979.

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Family Law - Topic 1567

Adoption - Consent of parents - Dispensing with consent - Considerations - The parents of an eight year old girl separated when she was 2.5 years old and the father saw her seldom after - Both parents remarried - The girl did not know her father and did not want to visit him - The mother and her new husband applied to adopt the girl, but the father opposed the application - The Manitoba County Court granted the adoption and dispensed with the father's consent, because it was in the girl's best interests that the adoption be granted.

Counsel:

N. Gould, for the applicants;

V. Libitka, for the respondent.

This case was heard at Winnipeg, Manitoba, before KEITH, C.C.J., of the Manitoba County Court, who delivered the following judgment on October 23, 1979: