Adoption Policy and Procedure Manual

The Manager or a social worker may consent to the provision of medical treatment for the child, and the Manager may consent to the adoption of the child under the Adoption Act, 2013. [...] In cases where the child has been removed and is in care, the Plan for the Child outlines the efforts planned to maintain the child’s contact with the parent, family or other person significant to the child and a description of the arrangements made or being made to recognize the importance of the child’s identity and cultural and community connections or where the child is an Indigenous child, a. [...] 38(1) of the Adoption Act, 2013, where an Adoption Order is granted: a) the child becomes the child of the adoptive parent; b) the adoptive parent becomes the parent of the child; c) a birth parent ceases to have parental rights and obligations in respect of that child, except a birth parent who remains as a parent jointly with the adoptive parent; d) a person having custody of the child ceases to. [...] 38 of the Adoption Act, 2013 which include: i) the child becomes the child of the adoptive parent; ii) the adoptive parent becomes the parent of the child; iii) a birth parent ceases to have parental rights and obligations in respect of that child, except a birth parent who remains as a parent jointly with the adoptive parent; iv) a person having custody of the child ceases to have that custody; v. [...] In the case of a direct placement where the birth parent has identified a significant person to adopt their child, the Manager shall notify the Provincial Director of the approval of the plan and shall forward a copy of the information.