Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 91

A person who was a parent or guardian of a child but has, because of an adoption of the child, ceased to be the parent or guardian of the child must not—

        (a)     interfere in or influence the upbringing of the child or the relationship between the child and the adoptive parents; or

        (b)     except if an adoptive parent is a birth relative of the child or a person referred to in section 18 (2)—otherwise than in accordance with the approval of the chief executive or in accordance with division 3.3, communicate in any way with—

              (i)     the child until he or she attains the age of 18 years; or

              (ii)     a person who, to his or her knowledge, is an adoptive parent of the child.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.