ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 69H Order terminating legal relationship between child and parents

ADOPTION ACT 1984 - SECT 69H

    (1)     If—

        (a)     a child who was or is habitually resident in a Convention country was adopted in a Convention country; and

        (b)     the adoption was by a person who is habitually resident in Victoria; and

        (c)     the laws of the Convention country do not provide that the adoption of the child terminates the legal relationship between the child and the persons who were, immediately before the adoption, the child's parents—

any of the parties to the adoption may apply to the Court for an order that the adoption of the child terminates the legal relationship between the child and the persons who were, immediately before the adoption, the child's parents.

    (2)     The Court may make an order on an application under subsection (1) if satisfied that—

        (a)     an adoption compliance certificate issued in the Convention country is in force for the adoption; and

        (b)     the laws of the Convention country do not provide that the adoption of a child terminates the legal relationship between the child and the persons who were, immediately before the adoption, the child's parents; and

        (c)     the child is allowed—

              (i)     to enter Australia; and

              (ii)     to reside permanently in Australia.

S. 69I

inserted by No. 32/2000 s. 4.