136E
In forceRecognition in WA of decision in Convention country to convert adoption under Hague Convention Art. 27
Part 7Miscellaneous
Division 3Non‑Western Australian adoptions
136E Recognition in WA of decision in Convention country to convert adoption under Hague Convention Art. 27
(1)
Subject to section 136F, if a decision is made in a Convention country to convert an adoption of a child in accordance with Article 27 of the Hague Convention, the decision is recognised and effective for the laws of the State on and from the day the decision becomes effective.
(2)
The recognition of the decision includes the recognition for the laws of the State that the decision has the effect that the relationship between the child and the individuals who were, immediately before the adoption, the child’s parents is to be treated as not being that of child and parent.
[Section 136E inserted: No. 7 of 1999 s. 16.]
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