Chief executive may ask corresponding officer to renounce guardianship
65 Chief executive may ask corresponding officer to renounce guardianship
This section applies if—
the chief executive wishes to arrange for a child’s adoption; and
a corresponding officer for another State has guardianship of the child under a law of the other State substantially corresponding to section 57.
The chief executive may ask the corresponding officer to give the chief executive a document under which the officer renounces the officer’s guardianship of the child.
If the chief executive receives the document mentioned in subsection (2), the chief executive becomes guardian of the child.
Note—
The chief executive may also ask the corresponding officer to give the chief executive any of the following documents—
• a consent to the adoption of the child given under the law of the other State that is held by the officer
• a document mentioned in section 42.
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