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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(b) the child's other birth parent ceases to have any parental rights or obligations with respect to the child.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(b) the child's other birth parent ceases to have any parental rights or obligations with respect to the child.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
In other words, an adopted child's new parents become that child's parents for all possible reasons and purposes. The adoptive parents take on all the rights and obligations the birth parents had, and, at the same time, the birth parent or parents lose all the rights and obligations they had with respect to the child. Among other things, the natural parent will lose rights such as being kept up to speed on developments in the child's health and schooling, and obligations such as a duty to pay child support. In a 2003 case of the Supreme Court, ''Zien v. Woda'', the court held that the adoption of a child by the mother's new partner stripped the natural father of his obligation to pay support, effective from the moment the adoption order was made. | In other words, an adopted child's new parents become that child's parents for all possible reasons and purposes. The adoptive parents take on all the rights and obligations the birth parents had, and, at the same time, the birth parent or parents lose all the rights and obligations they had with respect to the child. Among other things, the natural parent will lose rights such as being kept up to speed on developments in the child's health and schooling, and obligations such as a duty to pay child support. In a 2003 case of the Supreme Court, ''[http://canlii.ca/t/1pt0x Zien v. Woda]'', 2003 BCSC 1238 the court held that the adoption of a child by the mother's new partner stripped the natural father of his obligation to pay support, effective from the moment the adoption order was made. | ||
From the time an adoption order is made, the birth parent has no more legal interest the adopted child, including how the child is raised, where the child lives, where the child goes to school, what sort of medical treatment he or she receives, or how the child is disciplined. In the eyes of the law, the adoptive parents are the only parents the child has. | From the time an adoption order is made, the birth parent has no more legal interest the adopted child, including how the child is raised, where the child lives, where the child goes to school, what sort of medical treatment he or she receives, or how the child is disciplined. In the eyes of the law, the adoptive parents are the only parents the child has. | ||