Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 307

307 Fraud or undue influence

(1) A person must not act fraudulently or use undue influence on another person to—

(a) induce a parent of a child to—

(i) offer or refrain from offering the child for adoption; or

(ii) give or revoke the parent’s consent to the adoption of the child; or

(iii) transfer a child’s care or custody with a view to the child’s adoption; or

(b) influence the preferences expressed by a parent of a child relating to the adoptive placement of the child.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—150 penalty units or 18 months imprisonment.

(2) For this section, a person uses
"undue influence" on another person if the first person—

(a) uses or threatens to use force or restraint against the other person; or

(b) causes or threatens to cause injury or another detriment to the other person.

(3) It is immaterial whether the adoption happens or may lawfully happen.