Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 61E

             (1)  This section applies if:

                     (a)  a child is adopted; and

                     (b)  immediately before the adoption, a person had parental responsibility for the child, whether in full or to a limited extent and whether because of section 61C or because of a parenting order.

             (2)  The person's parental responsibility for the child ends on the adoption of the child, unless the adoption is by a prescribed adopting parent and leave was not granted under section 60G for the adoption proceedings to be commenced.