Western Australian Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 55

55 .         Adoption plans in adoptions by step-parents or carers

        (1)         An application for an order for a child to be adopted by a step-parent or carer of the child is not to be filed unless, before the revocation period expires, an adoption plan has been agreed between — 

            (a)         the birth parents of the child who have signed a form of consent to the child’s adoption;

            (b)         the person or persons specified in the forms of consent to the child’s adoption as a prospective adoptive parent of the child; and

            (c)         if the CEO thinks it is appropriate, the child’s representative,

                and a written memorandum of the provisions of the adoption plan has been signed by or on behalf of the parties to the plan.

        (2)         Persons who negotiate an adoption plan under this section are to have regard to the rights and responsibilities mentioned in Schedule 2.

        [Section 55 amended by No. 34 of 2004 s. 251.]