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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…
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
When you take time off to adopt a child or have a child through a…
Statutory Adoption Leave is 52 weeks. It’s made up of: 26 weeks of…
Statutory Adoption Pay is paid for up to 39 weeks. The weekly amount is:…
There are different eligibility rules for leave and pay. Adoption leave To…
The rules are slightly different if you’re adopting from overseas or…
What the fund is for and how to apply for it.
Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in China.
Use form SC6 if you're an employee, are adopting a child from abroad and need to claim Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) and Leave.
Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in the Philippines.
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
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.
Forms relating to adoption, including those to request adoption, placement and parental orders.
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Local authorities and regional adoption agencies can apply for therapeutic funding for eligible adoptive, special guardianship order and child arrangement order families.
Fostering or adopting a child, including from abroad, and being a surrogate mother
Legal rights, birth certificates, parental rights and child maintenance
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in Singapore.
Form A102: Consent to the placement of my child for adoption with identified prospective adopter(s) and, if the placement breaks down, with any prospective adopter(s) chosen by the adoption agency. Section 19 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002
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
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