2019 QCCQ 8430, 2019 QCCQ 8430

Adoption — 19547 2019 QCCQ 8430 J0O366 COURT OF QUEBEC CANADA PROVINCE OF QUEBEC DISTRICT OF […] Youth Court Division N°: 525-43-007738-194 Date: September 26, 2019 PRESIDED BY: THE HONOURABLE ANNE-MARIE OTIS, Q.C.J.

In the case of: X Born on […] A -and- B Applicants -and- The Director of Youth Protection of the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et services sociaux A Mise-en-cause JUDGMENT WARNING : 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.[section 815.4 Code of civil procedure of Quebec and 582 Civil Code of Quebec ] [ 1 ] The Court is seized of an Application for recognition of an adoption judgment rendered on April 22, 2019, by the Family Court of [Country A], concerning the child X, born on […] in [Country A]; [ 2 ] In accordance with

section 825.6 of the Code of civil procedure, the Applicants have filed a certified copy of the adoption judgment rendered outside Quebec, as well as the Adoption Act in force in [Country A]; [ 3 ] At the time of the adoption in April 2019, the Applicants were domiciled in Quebec and they are still at the time of the filing of the present Application; [ 4 ] Prior to the adoption judgment granted in [Country A] on April 22, 2019, concerning the child X, the Applicants have undergone a psychosocial assessment by [Social Worker 1], a member of the corporation professionnelle des psychologues du Québec and this assessment establishes the capacity of the Applicants to meet the physical, psychological and social needs of the child; [ 5 ] Furthermore, the Applicants have consulted the Minister of Health and Social Services through the Secrétariat à l’adoption internationale which has concluded to the regularity of the procedure and has agreed to the entrance of the child in Quebec; [ 6 ] In conformity with

section 574 of the Quebec Civil Code , the Court has ascertained that the rules respecting the eligibility for adoption of the child, subject of the present Application, have been observed; [ 7 ] Having weighed the documentary proof and heard the Applicants, the Court considers that the evidence gives rise to the conclusions sought. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COURT: [ 8 ] WELCOMES the present Application; [ 9 ] RECOGNIZES the adoption judgment rendered to the [Country A] on the April 22, 2019 shall the same effect as an adoption

judgment rendered in Quebec from the date of the adoption judgment rendered outside of Quebec; [ 10 ] AUTHORIZES this child be named under the given names and surname of X ; [ 11 ] ORDERS the Clerk of the Court to give notice of the judgment to the Registrar of Civil Status; [ 12 ] ORDERS the Registrar of Civil Status to comply with the prescriptions established by the Law; [ 13 ] AUTHORIZES the Clerk to issue and transmit to the Applicants a certified copy of the judgment pronounced herein; [ 14 ] AUTHORIZES the Applicants to withdraw the original attachments in condition that certified copies remain in the file with the exception of the pieces R-13: Family relation and Consent to Adoption documents which must remain confidential and also at the exception of the original birth certificate of the child.

Signed on October 2 nd , 2019 Anne-Marie Otis, Q.C.J. AMO/ce