Court Procedures Rules 2006

An affidavit supporting an application for an adoption order for the adoption of a child or young person must be made by—

the applicant; or

for a joint application—each applicant jointly.

The affidavit must include a statement of the following:

the following particulars about the applicant:

full name;

usual place of residence;

occupation;

domicile;

date and place of birth;

state of health;

financial circumstances;

for a joint application—

the length of the applicants’ relationship; and

the stability of the relationship and the applicant’s commitment to the relationship;

the following information about the applicant’s children (if any), whether birth children or adopted children:

sex and date of birth;

the state of health of any living child;

if any child has died—the date of death;

the likelihood of any children being born to the applicant in the future;

the relationship (if any) to the applicant of the child or young person sought to be adopted;

the period (if any) that the child or young person to be adopted has been living with the applicant;

if the name of the child or young person to be adopted is to be changed—the full name proposed to be given to the child or young person;

the amount and nature of any payment or reward in relation to the proposed adoption that the applicant has made, given or received, or agreed to make, give or receive;

whether the applicant has ever been refused an adoption order;

whether an adoption order or interim order in the applicant’s favour has been discharged;

if the child or young person to be adopted is habitually resident in the ACT—that fact, together with a statement about the matters mentioned in the Adoption Act, section 57 (3) (Adoption in ACT of ACT child or young person by parents from Convention country);

if the child or young person to be adopted is habitually resident in a Convention country—that fact, together with a statement about the matters mentioned in the Adoption Act, section 57B (2) (Adoption in ACT of child or young person from Convention country by ACT parents);

if the child or young person to be adopted is habitually resident in a prescribed overseas jurisdiction—that fact, together with a statement about the matters mentioned in the Adoption Act, section 57J (2) (Adoption in ACT of child or young person from prescribed overseas jurisdiction by ACT parents);

if the child or young person to be adopted is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or young person—that fact, together with a statement about the matters mentioned in the Adoption Act, section 39G (2) (Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child or young person);

a statement about the matters mentioned in a provision in the Adoption Act, division 3.2 (Who can adopt?) relevant to the application, including that the applicant or applicants are listed on the register of suitable people;

any conditions under the Adoption Act, section 40 (Adoption order subject to certain conditions) sought by anyone in relation to the adoption.

If the affidavit is made by 2 people jointly, a reference in subrule (2) to the applicant is a reference to each of them.