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  • Child adoption

    The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.

    • Overview

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    • Early stages of adoption

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    • Adoption assessment

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    • Applying for an adoption court order

      To make an adoption legal, you need to apply for an adoption court order.바카라 사이트¦

    • Adopting a stepchild

      You need to tell your local council if you want to adopt your spouse바카라 사이트™s or바카라 사이트¦

    • Adopting a child from overseas

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    • Birth parents: your rights

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  • Adoption pay and leave

    Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility

    • Overview

      When you take time off to adopt a child or have a child through a바카라 사이트¦

    • Leave

      Statutory Adoption Leave is 52 weeks. It바카라 사이트™s made up of: 26 weeks of바카라 사이트¦

    • Pay

      Statutory Adoption Pay is paid for up to 39 weeks. The weekly amount is:바카라 사이트¦

    • Eligibility

      There are different eligibility rules for leave and pay. Adoption leave To바카라 사이트¦

    • How to claim

      The rules are slightly different if you바카라 사이트™re adopting from overseas or바카라 사이트¦

  • Surrogacy: legal rights of parents and surrogates

    Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights

  • Apply to adopt a child through your council

    Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child

  • Plan your adoption leave

    Work out your Statutory Adoption Leave dates - Ordinary and Additional Adoption Leave period, notice period and earliest start date

  • Intercountry adoption: checklist for adoption agencies

    Checklist detailing the paperwork adoption agencies must include in intercountry adoption applications they submit to DfE.

    • From: Department for Education
  • Adoption services: practice and improvement fund

    What the fund is for and how to apply for it.

    • From: Department for Education