I am not sure whether or not custom adoption does apply in those situations as the Member is describing, but I do not think that it is automatic simply because a parent decides to give the child to some other persons, that it is automatically custom adoption and will be adopted by the department or this government. I think that we a have a legal responsibility and a moral responsibility to ensure that some consideration is given to the child. I cannot
recall in my short time as the Minister any incidents where we have refused a custom adoption, but I think there is a legal process that does take place regardless of whether this is a custom adoption or not. I think there has to be that in order to properly document where children are eventually housed. There are some legalities that must take place, and that is not to say that we do not recognize custom adoption. I believe that we do have a responsibility to ensure that the home is a safe home and that it is a good home for children under the criteria that we use.