Information about Adoption

Adoption is a process by which children gain new legal parents and become full members of a new family.

An adoption order is not time limited and once made cannot be revoked.  The child becomes a permanent member of the new family.

Most children placed for adoption these days, however, will have some memories of their original birth family, who may or may not continue to play some part in the child’s life.

Age and ill health or disability are not necessarily constraints to becoming adopters and we would not automatically discount you on these grounds. You do not have to be married to become adopters and can be single, divorced, in a hetrosexual relationship or same sex relationship.

For those considering adoption, some areas to consider are:

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