Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 59

59 Effect of consent or dispensation ending

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a parent revokes his or her consent to the child’s adoption under section 20 ; or

(b) an order dispensing with the need for a parent’s consent is overturned on appeal or discharged.

(2) The parent’s guardianship of the child resumes.

(3) The chief executive’s guardianship under section 57 , because of the consent or dispensation, ends.

(4) The chief executive’s guardianship under section 57 , because of another parent’s consent or another dispensation, is not affected.