Adoption Act 2010
Parental rights and duties.
58.— Upon an adoption order being made, or the recognition under this Act of an intercountry adoption effected outside the State—
( a) the child concerned shall be considered, with regard to the rights and duties of parents and children in relation to each other, as the child of the adopters born to them in lawful wedlock, and
( b) with respect to the child, the mother or guardian of the child, and the child’s father, shall, subject to section 57 , lose all parental rights and be freed from all parental duties.
Annotations:
Amendments:
F47
Substituted by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 121, not commenced as of date of revision.
Modifications (not altering text):
C27
Prospective affecting provision: para. (a) substituted and para. (b) amended by Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (9/2015), s. 121, not commenced as of date of revision.
F47 [ (a) the child concerned shall be considered, with regard to the rights and duties of parents and children in relation to each other —
(i) as the child of the adopter or adopters born to him, her or them in lawful wedlock,
(ii) where the adopters are a couple who are civil partners of each other, as the child of those adopters, or
(iii) where the adopters are a cohabiting couple, as the child of those adopters, ]
( b) with respect to the child, the mother or guardian of the child, and F47 [ the child ’ s father or second female parent, as the case may be ], shall, subject to section 57 , lose all parental rights and be freed from all parental duties.