Adoption Act 2010
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Persons suitable for adoption order or recognition of intercountry adoption effected outside State. |
34.— The Authority shall not make an adoption order or, except where the applicant is a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) of section 90 (3), recognise an intercountry adoption, unless the Authority is satisfied that the applicant or, if the applicants are a married couple living together, each of them— | |
(a) is a suitable person to have parental rights and duties in respect of the child, and | ||
(b) without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a), is of good moral character, in good health and of an age so that he or she has a reasonable expectation of being capable throughout the child’s childhood of— | ||
(i) fulfilling his or her parental duties in respect of the child, | ||
(ii) promoting and supporting the child’s development and well-being, | ||
(iii) safeguarding and supporting the child’s welfare, | ||
(iv) providing the necessary health, social, educational and other interventions for the child, and | ||
(v) valuing and supporting the child’s needs in relation to his or her— | ||
(I) identity, and | ||
(II) ethnic, religious and cultural background, | ||
(c) has adequate financial means to support the child, and | ||
(d) has been provided with appropriate information, advice and counselling concerning adoption. |