South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts26A—Arrangements between parties to adoption
(1) If a party to the
adoption or proposed adoption of a child wishes to enter into an arrangement
with another party to the adoption for the provision of information, contact
or any other matters related to the welfare of the child, or to vary such an
arrangement, the Chief Executive will endeavour to facilitate the making of
the arrangement or variation.
(2) For the purposes
of this section, the birth parents and the adoptive parents will be taken to
be the parties to the adoption.
(3) The
Chief Executive must ensure that the opinions of the child (so far as they are
ascertainable) are taken into account in formulating any arrangement or
variation under this section.
(4) An arrangement may
not be entered into under this section in relation to an adopted child who has
attained the age of 18 years and an arrangement relating to an adopted child
will terminate on the child attaining the age of 18 years.
(5) The
Chief Executive must ensure that an arrangement entered into under this
section, or any variation to such an arrangement, is reduced to writing and
that copies of the arrangement or variation are provided to the parties to the
arrangement.
(6) The
Chief Executive will maintain a register of arrangements entered into under
this section.
(7) An arrangement
entered into under this section is not enforceable in any court and breach of
an arrangement or failure to enter into such an arrangement does not affect
the validity of an adoption order or of any consent to an adoption.
(8) This section
applies only in relation to children adopted after the commencement of this
Act.