Adoption Act 2010

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PART 4

Domestic Adoptions and Intercountry Adoptions

Chapter 1

Adoption Orders and Consents to Adoption Orders

Welfare of child.

19.— In any matter, application or proceedings before—

(a) the Authority, or

(b) any court,

relating to the question of the arrangements for the adoption of a child, for the making of an adoption order or for the recognition of an intercountry adoption outside the State, the Authority or the court, in deciding that question, shall regard the welfare of the child as the first and paramount consideration.