ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 91 Interfering with upbringing of child or young person

ADOPTION ACT 1993 - SECT 91

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

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

        (b)     except if an adoptive parent is a birth relative of the child or young person or a step-parent—otherwise than in accordance with the approval of the director-general or with division 3.7, communicate in any way with—

              (i)     the child or young person 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 or young person.

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