Children of de facto partners
60HA Children of de facto partners
For the purposes of this Act, a child is the child of a person who has, or had, a de facto partner if:
the child is a child of the person and the person’s de facto partner; or
the child is adopted by the person and the person’s de facto partner or by either of them with the consent of the other; or
the child is, under subsection 60H(1) or section 60HB, a child of the person and the person’s de facto partner.
This subsection has effect subject to subsection (2).
A child of current or former de facto partners ceases to be a child of those partners for the purposes of this Act if the child is adopted by a person who, before the adoption, is not a prescribed adopting parent.
The following provisions apply in relation to a child of current or former de facto partners who is adopted by a prescribed adopting parent:
if a court granted leave under section 60G for the adoption proceedings to be commenced—the child ceases to be a child of those partners for the purposes of this Act;
in any other case—the child continues to be a child of those partners for the purposes of this Act.
In this section:
this Act includes the applicable Rules of Court.
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