Persons whose effective consent is required
17 Persons whose effective consent is required
Subject to section 24(2), the following persons’ effective consent to a child’s adoption is required —
where the child has not been adopted before —
the child’s mother; and
the child’s father or parent under section 6A of the Artificial Conception Act 1985;
or
where the child has been adopted before —
in this State; or
elsewhere if under section 136 or 138 the adoption has the same effect as an adoption order,
each adoptive parent of the child; and
in every case —
each person with parental responsibility for the child; and
where the child will be 12 or more years of age at the time when the application for an adoption order is filed in the Court, the child.
The person to whom a person referred to in subsection (1) is married, or in a de facto relationship with, is not required to consent to the adoption order being made unless the first‑mentioned person is also a person referred to in subsection (1).
[Section 17 amended: No. 3 of 2002 s. 7; No. 15 of 2012 s. 69.]
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