P-34.1 - Youth Protection Act

Section 71.3.8 Disposition versions

2017-06-16

71.3.8. The Minister shall exercise the following responsibilities:

(1)  intervene in all cases of adoption of a child domiciled in Québec by a person domiciled outside Québec in order, among other things, to administer the procedure set out in the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption and ensure compliance with the Act to implement the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (chapter M-35.1.3);

(2)  retain the files for such adoptions and grant requests for research into family and medical antecedents and requests for reunions, to the extent provided for in the Civil Code and in cooperation with the persons having responsibilities in matters of adoption in Québec and outside Québec; and

(3)  give the adopter, or the child if he is 14 years of age or over, a summary of the child’s family and medical antecedents on request, and give the parent a summary of the adopter’s antecedents on request.

Subject to article 583 of the Civil Code, every summary referred to in subparagraph 3 of the first paragraph must preserve the anonymity of the parents or the adopter, as applicable, and contain the information determined by regulation of the Minister.

2017, c. 12, s. 61.