Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Adoption Act 1984 - SECT 51

Order for adoption of non-citizen child

51. Order for adoption of non-citizen child



(1) The Court shall not make an order for the adoption of a non-citizen child
unless the Court is satisfied as to the matters referred to in section 15 and
is satisfied-

   (a)  that the person, or persons, in whose favour the order is made is a
        person who was, or are persons both of whom were, approved by the
        Secretary or by an authorized agency as a person, or persons, suitable
        to adopt a non-citizen child before the child came into or was placed
        in the care of the person or persons; or

   (b)  that-

   (i)  the child has been in the care of the person, or persons, in whose
        favour the order is made for the preceding twelve months; and

   (ii) during that period, the Secretary or an authorized agency has
        supervised the welfare and interests of the child.



(2) Where under this section the Secretary supervises the welfare and
interests of a child in the care of a person or persons, the Secretary may
require payment by that person or those persons of a fee not exceeding the
amount prescribed for the purposes of this section.

(3) In this section, authorized agency means an approved agency that is
authorized by the Secretary under section 23 to make arrangements with
prescribed persons or prescribed organizations in places outside Australia for
the adoption in Victoria of non-citizen children.

_______________