ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 56 Names of adopted child

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 56

    (1)     Upon the making of an adoption order—

        (a)     the surname of the adopted child shall be—

              (i)     where there is one adoptive parent, the surname of the adoptive parent;

              (ii)     where there are two adoptive parents who have the same surname, that surname; or

              (iii)     where there are two adoptive parents who have different surnames, one of those surnames—

where that surname was specified in the application for the adoption order as the proposed surname of the child and is approved by the Court or such other surname as the Court approves in the adoption order; and

        (b)     the forename or forenames of the adopted child shall be such name or names as the Court, in the adoption order, approves on the application of the adoptive parent or adoptive parents.

    (2)     The Court shall not approve a name as a surname or forename of a child unless the Court is satisfied that so far as practicable, the wishes and feelings of the child have been ascertained and due consideration given to them, having regard to the age and understanding of the child.

    (3)     Nothing in this section prevents the changing of any name of an adopted child, after the making of the adoption order, in accordance with any other Act or law.

No. 7147 s. 35.