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Adopting a child from overseas

Learn more about adopting a child from overseas, including how to register the adoption with the Royal Court

Adoption grant

Basic information about claiming the Adoption Grant, a single payment to help with the cost of adopting a child

Applying to adopt

Find out how the application for adoption process works step by step

Contacting birth parents

Learn more about the letterbox service which allows contact between birth parents and adoptive families

Fostering for adoption

Learn more about fostering for adoption and how it works

Tracing your adoption records

Advice for adopted persons on how to get access to birth records, and information for birth relatives

Who can adopt

Adoption is open to anyone who can give a child the care they need. Find out more about who can adopt

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