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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 don’t 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…
How adopted persons and birth relatives can apply for a review of an adoption agency’s qualifying determination letter.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Form A64: Application to receive information from court records Section 60(4) Adoption and Children Act 2002.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption. Use this form if you do not live in the UK.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
Forms relating to adoption, including those to request adoption, placement and parental orders.
Adoption contact register form - part 1
Adoption contact register form - part 2
Employer guide to Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, proof of adoption, recover statutory pay
Legal rights, birth certificates, parental rights and child maintenance
A summary for caseworkers and line managers of what attending an IRM review panel is like, including the documents you’ll need to submit.
Complete the application form to order a copy of an adoption certificate registered in England and Wales.
Manually calculate if your payroll software or GOV.UK calculator does not calculate your employee’s payments.
How to register an overseas adoption in the Adopted Children Register.
Use form SAP2 if you're an employer and need to keep a record of payments of Statutory Adoption Pay (SAP) you've made to an employee.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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