sec.213Requirements for making adoption order

### sec.213 Requirements for making adoption order The court may make an adoption order only if it is satisfied of the following matters— the child is present in Queensland; the child is not prevented from leaving Australia— under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or by an order of a court of the Commonwealth or a State; arrangements for the adoption have been made under the Hague convention and under the law of the convention country; the competent authority for the country has agreed to the adoption; the child is not prevented by a law of the convention country from residing permanently in that country; each of the prospective adoptive parents is an adult; the proposed order will promote the child’s wellbeing and best interests. - (a) the child is present in Queensland; - (b) the child is not prevented from leaving Australia— (i) under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or (ii) by an order of a court of the Commonwealth or a State; - (i) under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or - (ii) by an order of a court of the Commonwealth or a State; - (c) arrangements for the adoption have been made under the Hague convention and under the law of the convention country; - (d) the competent authority for the country has agreed to the adoption; - (e) the child is not prevented by a law of the convention country from residing permanently in that country; - (f) each of the prospective adoptive parents is an adult; - (g) the proposed order will promote the child’s wellbeing and best interests. - (i) under a law of the Commonwealth or a State; or - (ii) by an order of a court of the Commonwealth or a State;