BUZZ

Question 1 How old do you have to be to adopt? a) 21 b)30 c)18 d)27

Answer: C) 18

Question 2 What act does adoption fall under? a) The Adoption Act 1964 (Vic.) b) The Adoption Act 1984 (Vic.) c) The Children’s Adoption Act 1973 (Vic.) d) The Family Adoption Act 1984 (Vic.)

Answer b) The Adoption Act 1984 (Vic.)

Question 3 Who can adopt? d) Married couple and a couple who lived together for 2 years a) Married couple of 6 months b) Married couples and single people c) couples who have lived together for 1 year

Answer d) Married couple and a couple who lived together for 2 years

Question 4 What is Illegal to do in Adoption? a) Adopt a child overseas c) Have a private adoption in Victoria b) Adopt a relative d) Adopting without an application

Answer c) Have a private adoption in Victoria

Question 5 What country is Australia not allowed to adopt from? a)South Africa b) China c) India d) Thailand

Answer a) South Africa

Question 6 Is a single person allowed to adopt? a) Not at all b) Under special circumstances c) Yes, defiantly d) Only if the child agrees

Answer b) Under special circumstances

Question 7 Whose consent is needed in Adoption? a) The Agency b) The courts c) The birth parents d) Department of Human Service

Answer c) The birth parents

Question 8 How long do the biological parents have to give consent? a) 5 days after birth b) 30 days after birth c) 16 days after birth d) 9 days after birth

Answer c) 16 days after birth

Question 9 Since the first adoption law in 1928, how many children have been adopted? a) 80, 956 b) 100,567 d)64,000 c) 59,000

Answer d) 64,000

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