Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) It is not competent to the chief executive to make an adoption order in respect of a child unless, at the time the order is made--
(a) the prospective adopter or, in the case of joint prospective adopters, each of the prospective adopters is resident or domiciled in Queensland; and
(b) the child is present in Queensland.
(1A) Subsection (1)(a) does not apply to an adoption order to which section 18C applies.
(2) If the chief executive is satisfied that a prospective adopter was resident or domiciled in Queensland or that a child was present in Queensland within 21 days before the day on which an adoption order is to be made the chief executive may, unless the chief executive has reason to believe to the contrary, presume that the prospective adopter is resident or domiciled in Queensland or, as the case may be, that the child is present in Queensland at the time the order is made.