Adoption of Children Act 1928 (1929 - 1959)

From

1929

To

1959

Categories

Principal Act

Location

Victoria

The Adoption of Children Act 1928, 'An Act to make provision for the Adoption of infants' (No.3605) became law in July 1929 and the first legal adoption in Victoria was registered in October of that year. Before that time unofficial, de facto adoptions, which were not recognised in law, were sometimes arranged by both Government and non-government organisations, as well as by individuals. The 1928 Act for the first time provided for the transfer of parental rights, duties, obligations and liabilities to adoptive parents and offered secrecy, safety and stability to the child and the adoptive parents.

Timeline

1929 - 1959

Adoption of Children Act 1928

1959 - 1966

Adoption of Children Act 1958