Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Before an
application for an adoption order in relation to a child is filed, an
application may be made to the Court —
(a) by
any man who might be presumed to be the child’s father because of a
presumption set out in Part 5 Division 11 Subdivision 3 of the
Family Court Act 1997 ;
(aa) by
any person who might be a parent of the child under the
Artificial Conception Act 1985 ;
(b) by a
person who has received a notice under section 21(1);
(c) by
the CEO;
(d) in
the case of a proposed adoption by a step-parent of the child, by the
prospective adoptive parent; or
(e) on
behalf of the child,
for the determination
of the matter of the child’s parentage.
(2) Notice of an
application is to be served on —
(a) a
person whose consent to the adoption is required and has not been dispensed
with; and
(b) any
other person who is a party to the proposed adoption.
[Section 26C inserted by No. 41 of 1997
s. 12; amended by No. 3 of 2002 s. 10; No. 8 of 2003
s. 21; No. 34 of 2004 s. 251.]