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Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Order an official birth, adoption, death, marriage or civil partnership certificate from the General Register Office (GRO) if you need a copy or want to research your family tree.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
To be adopted, a child must: be under the age of 18 when the adoption…
To adopt a child you can go through either: an adoption agency that’s part…
Once the agency gets your application it will do the following: Invite you…
To make an adoption legal, you need to apply for an adoption court order.…
You need to tell your local council if you want to adopt your spouse’s or…
You can adopt a child from overseas if: they cannot be cared for in a safe…
For another couple (or person) to adopt your child, you normally have to…
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives…
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
Find out how to prove your right to work in the UK to an employer. Get an online share code to prove your right to work if you’re eligible or check what documents you can use instead.
Checklist detailing the paperwork adoption agencies must include in intercountry adoption applications they submit to DfE.
Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
Reports on adoption system performance using quarterly survey results - includes reports to the Adoption Leadership Board.
Complete the application form to order a copy of an adoption certificate registered in England and Wales.
Use form SC6 if you're an employee, are adopting a child from abroad and need to claim Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and Leave.
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in China.
Adoption contact register form - part 1
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.…
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in the Philippines.…
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in Singapore.
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