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Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965
Reference received: 27 November 1992
Report
Report 81: Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW) (PDF, 1.8 MB), March 1997
Tabled in parliament: 23 October 1997
Legislative action: Adoption Act 2000 (PDF, 481.8 KB)
Judicial citation: Re W (Adoption) (1998) 23 FamLR 538
Re A (2000) 26 FamLR 317 (NSWSC) [20], [22], [42], [53]; Re A and B and the Adoption of Children Act (2003) 30 FamLR 387 (NSW SC) [16]; Re MJR (2003) 31 FamLR 50 (NSW SC) [7]; Re YC [2004] NSWSC 461 [9]; Re S [2004] NSWSC 687 [9], [13]; EC v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (2004) FCR 438 [34]; Application of M and S (2004) 31 FamLR 415 (NSWSC) [16]-[18]; Re Y (2004) 62 NSWLR 465 [9]; Re H and the Adoption Act (2004) 62 NSWLR 245 [42]-[45]; Re Application of K [2005] NSWSC 248 [11]; Re Application of O [2005] NSWSC 1297 [49], [95]; Director-General, Department of Community Services v The Adoptive Parents [2005] NSWCA 385 [19], [33], [34]; Re DG and the Adoption Act 2000 [2006] NSWSC 968 [35]; Re DG and the Adoption Act 2000 [2007] NSWCA 241 [6]; Cheskes v Ontario (Attorney General (2007) 87 OR (3d) 581; Re L (a child [2008] NSWSC 235 [33]; Re Susan [2009] NSWSC 592 [53]; Sacrinity v Wolodzko [2010] FAMCA 1258 [45]
Other documents
- Research Report 6: Intercountry Adoption and Parent Support Groups, March 1997
- Research Report 7: The Aboriginal Child Placement Principle (PDF, 5.0 MB), March 1997
- Discussion Paper 34: Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 (NSW), April 1994
- Issues Paper 9: Review of the Adoption of Children Act 1965, May 1993
Terms of reference
The Commission is to review the current scope and operation of the Adoption of Children Act 1965 and in particular to consider:
- the criteria for the selection of the adoptive parents, regulation of standards of practice and recognition of adoption agencies and support groups;
- the relationship between adoption and other forms of permanent care;
- intra-family adoption;
- the relevance of reproduction technology and surrogacy to adoption law;
- the relevance of Aboriginal customary law, and ethnic and racial heritage;
- inter-country adoption and overseas orders of adoption having special regard to any international treaties or conventions to which Australia is a party; and
- any related matter.
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the ongoing connection Aboriginal people have to this land and recognise Aboriginal people as the original custodians of this land.