s 61E
In forceEffect of adoption on parental responsibility
Volume 1s 1-90
Part VIIChildren
Division 2Parental responsibility
61E Effect of adoption on parental responsibility
(1)
This section applies if:
(a)
a child is adopted; and
(b)
immediately before the adoption, a person had parental responsibility for the child, whether in full or to a limited extent and whether because of section 61C or because of a parenting order.
(2)
The person’s parental responsibility for the child ends on the adoption of the child, unless the adoption is by a prescribed adopting parent and leave was not granted under section 60G for the adoption proceedings to be commenced.
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