Adoption Law Changes

Eligibility - Queensland citizens
Principal Petitioner:
Michael Gray
28 Croft Street
Bargara Qld 4670
Total Signatures - 212
Sponsoring Member: Jack Dempsey MP
Posting Date: 13/5/2008
Closing Date: 12/11/2008
Tabled Date: 25/11/2008
Responded By: Hon Margaret Keech MP on 1/4/2009
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Queensland Citizens draws to the attention of the House: that the Adoption of Children Act 1964 section 39 prevents adoptees from accessing their family history and their family medical history. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to: include section 39 in the current review of Queensland’s adoption laws.