Western Australian Current Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 55C

55C .         When application by relative or carer for adoption order can be made

                An application for an order for a child to be adopted by a relative or a carer is not to be filed unless —

            (a)         the child has been in the care of the person making the application for a period of at least 2 years immediately preceding the day on which the application is made; and

            (b)         the placement of the child with the relative or the carer has been approved under section 55A.

        [Section 55C inserted: No. 15 of 2012 s. 38.]