Div 1General

Division 1 General Adoption of Children Act 1994 9 (4) If the Court makes an order for the adoption of a child in favour of the spouse of a parent of the child, the person in whose favour the order is made is taken to be a parent of the child jointly with the first-mentioned parent and despite anything to the contrary in this Act or any other law in force in the Territory: (a) the child is not to be treated in law as if the child were not the child of the first-mentioned parent; and (b) the first-mentioned parent is not to be treated in law as if the first-mentioned parent is not a parent of the child; and (c) the relationship between the child and the first-mentioned parent is not terminated; and (d) where the first-mentioned parent had been the guardian of the child, the order does not terminate the guardianship; and (e) where the child was the adopted child of the first-mentioned parent, the order does not terminate the adoption, and section 45 otherwise applies.