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| Region | Cocos |
| Issue | Same-sex adoption |
| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Description | Until 2002, same-sex adoption was not possible in the Cocos Islands. The Adoption Act required the parents to be married and explicitly defined the parents as being a father and mother. |
| Sources | https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/filestore.nsf/FileURL/mrdoc_4748.pdf/$FILE/Acts%20Amendment%20(Lesbian%20and%20Gay%20Law%20Reform)%20Act%202002%20-%20%5B00-00-02%5D.pdf?OpenElement |
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0 | Original entry | |
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| Status | Illegal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | Apr 16, 2002 |
| Description | Until 2002, same-sex adoption was not possible in the Cocos Islands. The Adoption Act required the parents to be married and explicitly defined the parents as being a father and mother. |
| Sources | https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au/legislation/prod/filestore.nsf/FileURL/mrdoc_4748.pdf/$FILE/Acts%20Amendment%20(Lesbian%20and%20Gay%20Law%20Reform)%20Act%202002%20-%20%5B00-00-02%5D.pdf?OpenElement |