Speech on Adoption Issues in Nsw -Family Law Legal Studies
Adoption Presentation – Legal Studies
Adoption is the legal process, which permanently transfers all the legal rights and responsibilities of being a parent from the child’s birth parents to the adoptive parents.
Adoption in NSW is currently covered by the Adoption Act 2000. Raised with this act are both legal and ethical issues. Adoption offers the greatest sense of belonging and permanence for children and young people who are not able to live with their biological parents. In 2011, 65 out of 18,000 children in out-of-home care were adopted; the significantly low adoption rate may be due to the controversial issues raised within the adoption laws. Since adoption is an imperative factor not only in relation to the individuals getting adopted but also since societies views are continuously changing, there are constant reviews of this act every 5 years stated in section 213 of the Adoption Act 2000.
Issues and Problems of the Adoption Act 2000 NSW include the concept of “the best interest of the child” in relation to: * Same-sex couples and/or step-parents in same sex couples in relation to relation * The consent of unmarried fathers in the adoption process Same-sex couple adoption
Under section 26 of the Act, an application for adoption order can be made by one person or jointly by a couple. Also under this act defined that a couple was between a man and a woman who are married or in a de facto relationship, which excluded allowing same-sex couples to adopt in NSW, even as a same-sex stepparent.
The issuesregarding this included some argued that its assessment of adoption applicants should focus specifically on “ the best interet of the child” in terms of the suitability of the couple instead of the sex of the couple. The adoption of a child should merely be focused on the child’s safety and wellbeing of being adopted, instead of the sex of the parents.
Some argue against this saying that it would be in the best interest of the child to be
Adoption is the legal process, which permanently transfers all the legal rights and responsibilities of being a parent from the child’s birth parents to the adoptive parents.
Adoption in NSW is currently covered by the Adoption Act 2000. Raised with this act are both legal and ethical issues. Adoption offers the greatest sense of belonging and permanence for children and young people who are not able to live with their biological parents. In 2011, 65 out of 18,000 children in out-of-home care were adopted; the significantly low adoption rate may be due to the controversial issues raised within the adoption laws. Since adoption is an imperative factor not only in relation to the individuals getting adopted but also since societies views are continuously changing, there are constant reviews of this act every 5 years stated in section 213 of the Adoption Act 2000.
Issues and Problems of the Adoption Act 2000 NSW include the concept of “the best interest of the child” in relation to: * Same-sex couples and/or step-parents in same sex couples in relation to relation * The consent of unmarried fathers in the adoption process Same-sex couple adoption
Under section 26 of the Act, an application for adoption order can be made by one person or jointly by a couple. Also under this act defined that a couple was between a man and a woman who are married or in a de facto relationship, which excluded allowing same-sex couples to adopt in NSW, even as a same-sex stepparent.
The issuesregarding this included some argued that its assessment of adoption applicants should focus specifically on “ the best interet of the child” in terms of the suitability of the couple instead of the sex of the couple. The adoption of a child should merely be focused on the child’s safety and wellbeing of being adopted, instead of the sex of the parents.
Some argue against this saying that it would be in the best interest of the child to be