Court to consider report on suitability of adoptive parents
22 Court to consider report on suitability of adoptive parents
Before making an order for the adoption of a child, the Court will consider any report prepared by or on behalf of the Chief Executive and submitted to the Court as to—
where the Chief Executive is the guardian of the child under section 25—the circumstances of the child;
and
in any case—the suitability of the prospective adoptive parents and their capacity to care adequately for the child.
Subject to subsection (3), a copy of a report prepared under subsection (1) will be made available to the prospective adoptive parents.
The Court may order that the contents or part of the contents of a report prepared under subsection (1) be suppressed from disclosure to the prospective adoptive parents or any other person.
The Court may require prospective adoptive parents to submit evidence, to the satisfaction of the Court, of their good health.
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