Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 92

92 Who may apply

(1) A person may apply to the chief executive to arrange an adoption by the person of a stated child if—

(a) the person is the spouse of a parent of the child; and

(b) the person, the person’s spouse and the child are living together; and

(c) paragraphs (a) and (b) have applied for a continuous period of at least 3 years up to the time of the application; and

(d) the person has been granted leave under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth) , section 60G (1) ; and

(e) the person is an adult; and

(f) the person or the person’s spouse is an Australian citizen; and

(g) the person is resident or domiciled in Queensland; and

(h) the child is at least 5 years old and has not yet turned 17.

(2) Despite subsection (1) (h) , the chief executive may accept an application relating to a child who has turned 17 if the chief executive considers—

(a) there is enough time to complete the adoption process before the child turns 18; and

Note—

An adult may not be adopted. See section 10 (3) .

(b) the grounds for making an adoption order in favour of the applicant are likely to exist.

(3) In this section—

"parent" does not include guardian.