Thank you, Madam Chairperson. A custom adoption is any adoption that occurs in accordance with aboriginal custom. Under the aboriginal custom, the recognition of Aboriginal Custom Adoption Act that this legislature passed about four or five years ago, as I recall, the decision as to whether an adoption is a custom adoption is made at the local level by adoption commissioners that are appointed to consider applications for custom adoption. In every jurisdiction and region, what is considered a custom adoption may vary because aboriginal people have different definitions of what a custom adoption is in their culture and their community. I hope I am not misstating the Aboriginal Custom Adoption Act, but my understanding is that an aboriginal custom adoption is simply any adoption that occurs in accordance with the custom of a particular community or a particular group of aboriginal people and that may indeed vary from group to group. Thank you, Madam Chairperson.
Law Clerk (Ms. Macpherson) on Committee Motion 3-13(6): Motion To Amend Clause 29 Of Bill 1: Family Law Reform Statutes Amendment Act
In the Legislative Assembly on September 21st, 1998. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 3-13(6): Motion To Amend Clause 29 Of Bill 1: Family Law Reform Statutes Amendment Act
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
September 20th, 1998
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Law Clerk Ms. Macpherson
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