Western Australian Current Acts

ADOPTION ACT 1994 - SECT 73

73 .         Adoption plan, Court may dispense with requirement for

                The Court may dispense with the requirement for an adoption plan or that a particular birth parent be a party to the plan —

            (a)         if a birth parent is —

                  (i)         unable or unwilling to participate, or incapable of participating, in a plan; or

                  (ii)         cannot be found or contacted after enquiries which the Court thinks are sufficient;

                or

            (b)         in special circumstances.

        [Section 73 inserted: No. 8 of 2003 s. 39.]