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Adoption Act 2009
sec.168Nature of plan and limitations on operation
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### sec.168 Nature of plan and limitations on operation
An adoption plan—
is not enforceable; and
does not limit the primary responsibility of the prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents for the child’s upbringing; and
does not entitle a member of the child’s birth family or anyone else to interfere in the child’s upbringing or the relationship between the child and prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents.
An adoption plan may not include anything that purports to prevent, restrict or otherwise control the movement of a party.
An adoption plan has no effect once the child becomes an adult.
s 168 amd 2016 No. 57 s 32
(sec.168-ssec.1) An adoption plan— is not enforceable; and does not limit the primary responsibility of the prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents for the child’s upbringing; and does not entitle a member of the child’s birth family or anyone else to interfere in the child’s upbringing or the relationship between the child and prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents.
(sec.168-ssec.2) An adoption plan may not include anything that purports to prevent, restrict or otherwise control the movement of a party.
(sec.168-ssec.3) An adoption plan has no effect once the child becomes an adult.
- (a) is not enforceable; and
- (b) does not limit the primary responsibility of the prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents for the child’s upbringing; and
- (c) does not entitle a member of the child’s birth family or anyone else to interfere in the child’s upbringing or the relationship between the child and prospective adoptive parents or adoptive parents.