Legal recognition of Torres Strait Islander traditional child rearing practice

Legal outcomes of a Cultural Recognition Order

There are various legal outcomes if a Cultural Recognition Order is made including:

• the person’s parentage being transferred from the birth parents to the cultural parents
• the person becoming a child of the cultural parents
• the cultural parents becoming the parents of the person
• the person stops being a child of the birth parents
• a birth parent stops being a parent of the person.

In this guide:

1. Legal outcomes of a Cultural Recognition Order
2. Before you apply for a Cultural Recognition Order
3. How to apply for a Cultural Recognition Order
4. After you apply for a Cultural Recognition Order
5. When a Cultural Recognition Order is made
6. When a Cultural Recognition Order is not made
7. Requesting access to information relating to a Cultural Recognition Order or application

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