International Adoption

Part 1 - General

• Introduction
• The Hague Convention
• Domicile, habitual residence and adoption

Part 2 - International Adoption when the UK is the receiving state

• Overview of considerations which apply when the UK is the receiving state and it planned that the child to be adopted is habitually resident outside of the British
• Adoptions from Hague Convention Countries
• Adoptions from Non-Hague Convention Countries - assessment process
• Adoptions from Non-Hague Convention Countries - legal recognition
• Restrictions Adoption from Specified Countries
• Immigration Status of the Adopted Child when the UK is the Receiving State

Part 3 - International Adoption when the UK is the state of Origin

• Overview of considerations which apply when the UK is the state of origin and it planned that a child will be adopted by prospective adopters who live and are domiciled outside of the British Isles
• Agency adoptions where the child is to be placed with prospective adopters who are habitually resident in a Convention Country
• Agency adoptions where the child is to be placed with prospective adopters who are habitually resident in a non Convention Country
• Private adoptions of a child who is habitually resident in the British Isles and the adopters are not eligible to adopt the child under domestic provisions

Part 4 - International Adoption - Offences and Glossary

• Table of Offences
• Glossary

Part 5 - Statutory Materials