2022 QCCQ 4945, 2022 QCCQ 4945

Adoption — 22248 2022 QCCQ 4945 COURT OF QUÉBEC CANADA PROVINCE OF QUÉBEC DISTRICT OF […] «Youth Division»

N° : 505-43-002818-217 DATE : February 1, 2022 ______________________________________________________________________ PRESIDED BY : JUSTICE MARIO GERVAIS J.C.Q. ______________________________________________________________________ In the situation of : X Found on […], 2017 A B Adopters-applicants -and- [SOCIAL WORKER 1], person duly authorized by the Director of Youth Protection Applicant ______________________________________________________________________ JUDGMENT ______________________________________________________________________ The judicial files respecting the adoption of a child are confidential and no information that would allow the identification of the child, his parents, his tutor or the adopters may be published or broadcast, except as required by law (sections 12 to 16 C.C.P. and 582 C.C.Q.). [ 1 ] The Adopters-applicants seize the Court with an application for the placement of a child domiciled outside of Quebec in view of his adoption.

This application concerns the male child named X , found on […], 2017, in the city A, Province of Laguna, in Philippines (D-5). [ 2 ] The child concerned by this application has no established maternal and paternal filiations as it appears from the certificate of foundling (D-5). [ 3 ] The Adopters-applicants got married on May 25, 2007, as it appears from their marriage certificate (D-4). [ 4 ] The Adopters-applicants are Canadian citizens and are domiciled in the Province of Québec (D-3). [ 5 ] The child has been living with the Adopters-applicants since May 15, 2021, and has adapted well to his new environment. [ 6 ] CONSIDERING that the conditions of the placement of the child for his adoption by the Adopters-applicants have been duly fulfilled as it appears from all the exhibits produced and kept in the file of the Court, and in conformity with the Adoption Law applicable in the Philippines; [ 7 ] CONSIDERING the letter of the Secretariat à l’adoption internationale Québec , dated May 13, 2021 (D-12);

[ 8 ] CONSIDERING the testimony of the Adopters-applicants, indicating their deep desire to complete the adoption project; [ 9 ] CONSIDERING that the Adopters-applicants are more than eighteen years older than the child; [ 10 ] CONSIDERING the interest of the child and the respect of his rights; FOR THESE REASONS, THE COURT: [ 11 ] GRANTS the present application; [ 12 ] ORDERS the placement of the child, X , in view of his adoption with the Adopters-applicants Mrs . A and M. B; [ 13 ] GRANTS the exercise of parental authority over the child to the Adopters-applicants, Mrs . A and M.

B ; [ 14 ] ALLOWS the child to exercise his civil rights under the name and surname of X during the period of his placement; [ 15 ] ORDERS the clerk of the Court of Quebec, Youth Division to send a copy of the present judgment to the Adopters-applicants and to the Director of Youth Protection; [ 16 ] THE WHOLE , without costs. ________________________________ Mario Gervais, J.C.Q. M e Marie-Christine Tropper Attorney for the Director of Youth protection Judgment signed on: February 11, 2022