Notice of private placement of child required
73(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (4), no person shall place a child for the purposes of adoption with someone other than a member of the child’s immediate family unless the person notifies the Minister by registered mail at least sixty days before the placement, stating the child’s name and birth date, the name and address of the prospective adopting parent and the address where the child resides.
73(2)Subject to subsection (4), in the case of a child who is not yet born, if a person intends to place the child after his or her birth with someone other than a member of the child’s immediate family, the person shall notify the Minister by registered mail at least sixty days before the placement, stating the name and address of the child’s mother, the expected birth date of the child and the name and address of the prospective adopting parent.
73(3)Subject to subsection (4), no person, except a member of the child’s immediate family, shall take a child into his or her home for the purposes of adoption unless the person notifies the Minister by registered mail at least sixty days before receiving the child into his or her home,
(a)
stating the child’s name and birth date, the name and address of the child’s parents and the prospective adopting parent and the address where the child resides, or
(b)
in the case of a child who is not yet born, stating the name and address of the child’s mother, the expected birth date of the child and the name and address of the prospective adopting parent.
73(4)Subsections (1), (2) and (3) do not apply with respect to the adoption by a person of the child of his or her spouse or common-law partner.
73(5)Proceedings in respect of an offence under this section may be commenced at any time within six years after the alleged violation.
1983, c.16, s.6; 1990, c.22, s.13; 1999, c.32, s.7; 2007, c.20, s.9; 2016, c.37, s.66