204
In forceApplication by step-parent
Part 9Adoption orders
Division 4Adoptions by step-parent
204 Application by step-parent
(1)
This section applies if a person (the step-parent)—
(a)
has made an application under part 5, division 1; and
(b)
has been assessed as suitable under part 6; and
(c)
has received, from the chief executive, a suitability report for the proposed adoption.
(2)
The step-parent may apply to the Childrens Court for a final adoption order for the adoption of the child by the step-parent.
(3)
The application must be made jointly with the step-parent’s spouse.
(4)
The application must be made within 1 year after the day the suitability report was given to the step-parent.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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