Adoption

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
METEOR identifier:	327208
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 01/03/2005 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Health, Standard 01/03/2005 Indigenous, Standard 16/09/2014
Definition:	Adoption is the legal process by which a person legally becomes a child of the adoptive parents and legally ceases to be a child of his/her existing parents.
Context:	Children and family services.

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	The adoption order severs the legal relationship between the biological parents and the child. A new birth certificate is issued to the child bearing the name(s) of his/her adoptive parent(s) as the natural parent(s) and the new name of the child, where a change has occurred.
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Origin:	Adoptions Australia (AIHW). Data collection standards, tables and counting rules, 1998-99.
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Adoption, version 2, DEC, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (12.3 KB) No registration status
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Adoption consent Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption consent code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption organisation sector Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption placement Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption placement not finalised Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—access arrangement type Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—access arrangement type, agreement type code N Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—adoption consent Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—adoption consent, code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoption—adoption consent, code N Children and Families, Recorded 27/09/2021 Adoption—adoption consent, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—adoption consent, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—adoption organisation sector Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—adoption organisation sector, code N Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—adoption organisation sector, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—adoption placement not finalised Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—adoption placement not finalised, total N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—application for information lodged Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—application for information lodged, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Adoption—application for information lodged, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 02/12/2019 Adoption—application for information type, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—application for information type, code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoption—application for information type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—application identifier, code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—application type Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—application type, information/veto code N[N] Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoption—application type, information/veto code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—finalised adoption, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoption—intercountry adoption program, code N Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Adoption—number of applications for information lodged, total N[NN] Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—number of vetoes lodged, total N[NN] Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—person who lodged a veto Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—person who lodged an application for information Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—relationship of person who lodged an application, code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoptions DSS 2016-17 Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 Adoptions DSS 2017-18 Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Adoptions DSS 2018-19 Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Adoptions DSS 2019-20 Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoptions DSS 2020-21 Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—sibling group Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—veto in place Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—veto in place, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—veto lodgement Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—veto lodgement, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoption—veto lodgement, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—veto type Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—veto type Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoption—veto type, code N Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Adoption—veto type, code N Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Adoptive family—sibling composition, text X[X(199)] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptive family—sibling composition, type code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptive family—special care need, code N Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 Adoptive family—special care need, code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Adoptive family—special care need, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptive family—special care type, code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 20/03/2018 Adoptive parent Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Expatriate adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Finalised adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Household family Community Services (retired), Superseded 27/04/2007 Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Intercountry adoption living arrangement post arrival Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Known child adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Known child intercountry adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Local adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Lung cancer (clinical) DSS Health, Superseded 14/05/2015 Lung cancer (clinical) NBPDS Health, Standard 14/05/2015 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2014-18 Health, Superseded 06/09/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2018–19 Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2019–20 Health, Superseded 16/01/2020 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2020–21 Health, Superseded 05/02/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2021–22 Health, Superseded 17/12/2021 National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2022–23 Health, Standard 17/12/2021 Person (name)—family name, text A[A(49)] WA Health, Standard 19/03/2015 Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 25/08/2005 Health, Superseded 04/05/2005 Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)] Community Services (retired), Superseded 06/02/2012 Health, Superseded 05/10/2016 Housing assistance, Standard 20/06/2005 Tasmanian Health, Standard 01/09/2016 Person (name)—family name, text X[X(39)] Community Services (retired), Standard 06/02/2012 Disability, Standard 13/08/2015 Indigenous, Standard 05/09/2014 WA Health, Incomplete 22/08/2012 Person—adoption order type Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Person—adoption type Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016 Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Person—adoption type, code N Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 Person—adoption type, code N Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Person—adoption type, code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Person—adoption type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Person—adoption type, code N[N] Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013 Special adoptive care need code N Children and Families, Superseded 11/11/2018 Special adoptive care need code N Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 Special adoptive care need code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Special adoptive care type code N[N] Children and Families, Standard 20/03/2018