Family Act Article 62
This English translation was last updated on 2012-01-11, but the Chinese text was amended on 2023-06-21. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
Where an adopted child who is a party in an action between himself or herself and the adoptive parents lacks the capacity to represent oneself in the proceeding and the adoptive parents are his or her statutory agents, the natural parents of the child shall act on his or her behalf in the proceeding; the court may also designate a guardian ad litem to act in the proceeding in accordance with Article 15.Where the natural parents are unavailable or there are other reasons indicating that the natural parents are not suitable to act as guardians, the court shall designate a guardian ad litem to act in the proceeding in accordance with Article 15.