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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…
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
You can access your birth records if you do not have them because you were…
You can add yourself to the Adoption Contact Register at the General…
You can use an intermediary agency to help you trace a birth relative if…
Legal rights, birth certificates, parental rights and child maintenance
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Fostering or adopting a child, including from abroad, and being a surrogate mother
Forms relating to adoption, including those to request adoption, placement and parental orders.
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in China.
How adoption agencies should handle applications from people wishing to adopt a child from another country.
Immigration staff guidance on considering applications for entry or leave as an adopted child or a child coming to the UK for adoption.
What to do if you are planning to adopt a child in the Philippines.
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