ADOPTION
DEFINATION Adoption is the legal process which permanently transfers all the legal rights and responsibilities of being a parent from the child's birth parents to the adoptive parents
KEY POINTS CONTAINED LEGISLATION the best interests of a child, both in childhood and later life must be the main consideration the child should know about and have access to their birth family and cultural background the child’s given name or names, identity, language and cultural and religious ties should, when possible, be identified and preserved
AFTER ADOPTION KEY POINTS the adoptive parents have full parental responsibility for the child, as if the child was born to them the child has full legal membership of the adoptive family the child has a new birth certificate to show the new legal relationship
TO APPLY FOR ADOPTION YOU MUST HAVE MUST HAVE PERMANET RESIDENCY GOOD REPUTE AND FIT AND PROPER TO FULFIL THE RESPONSIBILITES OF PARENTING AND OVER 21 YEAR OF AGE
Application forms A form which asks for personal details and names of people willing to be referees, A Statement as to Health A “draft” applicants affidavit certified copies of each applicants birth and marriage certificates, or change of name certificate (if applicable).
PICTURE
NUMBER OF ADOPTION Intercouryntry adoption in is 421 and in is 269 Local adoption in is 60 and is 68 Known child adoption in is 95 and is 104
More information about adoption Adoption information unit Phone: