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Form A104: Consent to adoption. The Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Form A103: Advance consent to Adoption. Section 20 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Departmental advice containing the national minimum standards applicable to adoption agencies and adoption support agencies.
Reports on adoption system performance using quarterly survey results - includes reports to the Adoption Leadership Board.
Use this form if you were adopted by a person through an overseas adoption, and you want to apply to the High Court or a family court for a declaration that you are or are not the adopted child of...
Intercountry adoption and the 1993 Hague Convention. (A21)
Adoption contact register form - part 2
Adoption: a guide for family court users. (A20)
Application form to request information that we hold on individuals.
Form A63: Application for an order to annul a Convention adoption or Convention adoption order or for an overseas adoption or determination under section 91 to cease to be valid. Section 89 Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Use this guidance to find out how your child can become a British citizen if you adopt in the UK from abroad.
Form A61: Application for an order for parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad (Section 84 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
(Section 46 Adoption and Children Act 2002)
How adopted persons and birth relatives can apply for a review of an adoption agency’s qualifying determination letter.
Statutory guidance for local authorities and adoption agencies.
An evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme, which offers support and parenting techniques to adoptive parents.
Tell Ofsted about a serious incident in a voluntary adoption agency.
Immigration staff guidance on nationality applications and claims to British citizenship based on adoption.
Adoption in Vietnam for British nationals
Research about the effects on families receiving support through the adoption support fund.
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