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Form A101: Consent to the placement of my child for adoption with identified prospective adopters. Section 19 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
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.
Form A107: Consent by the child's parent to adoption by their partner. The Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Use the online form (previously form SC5) if you're adopting a child from abroad and need to apply for Statutory Paternity Pay or paternity leave.
Form A103: Advance consent to Adoption. Section 20 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.
How you can ask for an independent review if you disagree with an adoption agency’s or fostering service provider’s qualifying determination letter.
Form A59: Application for a Convention Adoption Order (Section 46 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
SC4 is the form voluntary adoption agencies use to notify Ofsted of a new branch.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption. Use this form if you do not live in the UK.
(Section 46 Adoption and Children Act 2002)
Action to take when paying Adoption Pay in certain circumstances, including employee becomes sick, leaves, dies, is awarded a pay rise, or the child dies.
Form A61: Application for an order for parental responsibility prior to adoption abroad (Section 84 Adoption and Children Act 2002).
What to do if an employer ceases, becomes insolvent, takes over an existing business or you make employees redundant whilst paying adoption pay.
What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
Form A4: Application for revocation of an order freeing a child for adoption.
Form A5: Application for substitution of one adoption agency for another.
Form A53: Application for a Contact Order (Section 26 Adoption and Children Act 2002 or an order for contact or prohibiting contact under section 51A of the Adoption and Children Act 2002).
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 that person.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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