M v G - [1982] 2 NZLR 673

Infants and children — Adoption — Withdrawal of consents — Mother had signed a formal consent for child's adoption — Consent form had been posted to adopting parents' solicitors — Before form reached solicitors they were informed that the mother had changed her mind and had withdrawn her consent — Whether mother's consent had been "given" before she purported to withdraw it — Adoption Act 1955, s 9.