Adoption Rules 1995

An application for an adoption order under section 78A of the Act is to be in the form of Form 4A of Schedule 1.

[Rule 11A inserted: Gazette 21 Mar 2000 p. 1496.]

12. Evidence in support of applications for adoption orders

An application for an adoption order is to be filed in the Court together with —

affidavit evidence that would satisfy the Court —

that the Court has jurisdiction to make the adoption order sought in the application;

in the case of an application for an adoption order in relation to a child, that there has been compliance with such of the provisions of section 68(1) and (2) of the Act as are relevant to the application;

in the case of an application for an adoption order in relation to an adult, that there has been compliance with section 69(1) of the Act; and

in the case of an application for an adoption order under section 78A, that there also has been compliance with section 78A(2)(a) to (e) of the Act;

the birth certificate of the prospective adoptee; and

if it proposed that the prospective adoptee be adopted by 2 persons jointly, the marriage certificate, if any, of the prospective adoptive parents.

If an application under section 71 or 73 of the Act is to be made at the hearing of an application for an adoption order —

the orders to be sought are to be set out in an application that is separate from the application for the adoption order; and

the affidavit evidence in support of the application under section 71 or 73 is to be filed separately from the supporting evidence for the application for the adoption order.

[Rule 12 amended: Gazette 21 Mar 2000 p. 1497.]