Review of the Adoption Act 1984: Report
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This VLRC report is about adoption law reform, in particular:
- Eligibility to adopt and the application process
- Access to adoption information
- Birth certificates of adopted people.
The report does not cover adoption laws and practices that existed before the Adoption Act 1984; and it does not review the law regarding inter-country adoption programs.
The review was completed in February 2017 and tabled in Parliament on 7 June 2017.
The Commission made 88 recommendations to modernise the Adoption Act and ensure that the best interests of the child are the paramount consideration. The main recommendation was that Victoria needs a new Adoption Act.
Contents
2. A new Adoption Act: principles and modernisation
3. Participation of the child in adoption decision making
5. Best interests of the child
6. Birth certificates of adopted people
7. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adoption
9. Discrimination and equal opportunity
in adoption
11. Assessment of applicants for adoption
12. Selection of adoptive parents
13. Adoption services and the Equal
Opportunity Act
14. The role of the court in the adoption process
16. Access to adoption information
Appendix C: NSW Government Guide to Drafting an Adoption Plan
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The Hon. Anthony North KC
Chairman
Past Commissioner Example
Dr Vivian Waller
Director and Principal Solicitor, Waller Legal
Dan Nicholson
Executive Director, Criminal Law, Victoria Legal Aid
Professor Bernadette McSherry
Commissioner
Kathleen Foley SC
Commissioner
The Hon Jennifer Coate AO
Commissioner