Adoption, fostering and surrogacy
Becoming a foster carer, adopting a child from the UK or abroad, looking after someone else's child.
Services
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Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
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Your Statutory Paternity Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim, eligibility
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You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
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The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
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Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care