Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FAMILY LAW ACT 1975 - SECT 61E

  (1)   This section applies if:

  (a)   a child is adopted; and

  (b)   immediately before the adoption, a person had parental responsibility for the child, whether in full or to a limited extent and whether because of section   61C or because of a parenting order.

  (2)   The person's parental responsibility for the child ends on the adoption of the child, unless the adoption is by a prescribed adopting parent and leave was not granted under section   60G for the adoption proceedings to be commenced.