Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 213

213 Requirements for making adoption order

The court may make an adoption order only if it is satisfied of the following matters—

(a) the child is present in Queensland;

(b) the child is not prevented from leaving Australia—

(i) under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or

(ii) by an order of a court of the Commonwealth or a State;

(c) arrangements for the adoption have been made under the Hague convention and under the law of the convention country;

(d) the competent authority for the country has agreed to the adoption;

(e) the child is not prevented by a law of the convention country from residing permanently in that country;

(f) each of the prospective adoptive parents is an adult;

(g) the proposed order will promote the child’s wellbeing and best interests.