sec.92Who may apply

### sec.92 Who may apply A person may apply to the chief executive to arrange an adoption by the person of a stated child if— the person is the spouse of a parent of the child; and the person, the person’s spouse and the child are living together; and paragraphs (a) and (b) have applied for a continuous period of at least 3 years up to the time of the application; and the person has been granted leave under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth) , section 60G (1) ; and the person is an adult; and the person or the person’s spouse is an Australian citizen; and the person is resident or domiciled in Queensland; and the child is at least 5 years old and has not yet turned 17. Despite subsection (1) (h) , the chief executive may accept an application relating to a child who has turned 17 if the chief executive considers— there is enough time to complete the adoption process before the child turns 18; and An adult may not be adopted. See section 10 (3) . the grounds for making an adoption order in favour of the applicant are likely to exist. In this section— parent does not include guardian. s 92 amd 2016 No. 57 s 18 (sec.92-ssec.1) A person may apply to the chief executive to arrange an adoption by the person of a stated child if— the person is the spouse of a parent of the child; and the person, the person’s spouse and the child are living together; and paragraphs (a) and (b) have applied for a continuous period of at least 3 years up to the time of the application; and the person has been granted leave under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth) , section 60G (1) ; and the person is an adult; and the person or the person’s spouse is an Australian citizen; and the person is resident or domiciled in Queensland; and the child is at least 5 years old and has not yet turned 17. (sec.92-ssec.2) Despite subsection (1) (h) , the chief executive may accept an application relating to a child who has turned 17 if the chief executive considers— there is enough time to complete the adoption process before the child turns 18; and An adult may not be adopted. See section 10 (3) . the grounds for making an adoption order in favour of the applicant are likely to exist. (sec.92-ssec.3) In this section— parent does not include guardian. - (a) the person is the spouse of a parent of the child; and - (b) the person, the person’s spouse and the child are living together; and - (c) paragraphs (a) and (b) have applied for a continuous period of at least 3 years up to the time of the application; and - (d) the person has been granted leave under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cwlth) , section 60G (1) ; and - (e) the person is an adult; and - (f) the person or the person’s spouse is an Australian citizen; and - (g) the person is resident or domiciled in Queensland; and - (h) the child is at least 5 years old and has not yet turned 17. - (a) there is enough time to complete the adoption process before the child turns 18; and Note— An adult may not be adopted. See section 10 (3) . - (b) the grounds for making an adoption order in favour of the applicant are likely to exist.