AIHW logo

METEOR logo

Our sites
AIHW GEN Aged Care Data Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Health Performance Framework
Indigenous Mental Health and
Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse
Australian Mesothelioma Registry Housing data Regional Insights for Indigenous Communities
Contact FAQs

Site Navigation

  • Find metadata
    • Find metadata
    • Getting started
    • Data set specifications
    • Indicator sets
    • Data quality statements
    • Data dictionary archives
  • Metadata management
    • Metadata management
    • Data standards
    • Registration authorities
    • Registration statuses
  • How to use METEOR
    • How to use METEOR
    • First steps
    • Using My Page
    • Downloading and printing
    • FAQs
    • About METEOR
  • Learn about metadata
    • Learn about metadata
    • Metadata explained
    • How to create metadata
    • Metadata development resources
Your session is about to end!
Your session will expire at [TIME]
Select Extend at the top right corner or you will be logged out

Adoption

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term327208
Registration status:Help on this term
  • 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:Help on this termAdoption 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:Help on this termChildren and family services.

Collection and usage attributes

Comments:Help on this term

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:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Origin:Help on this term

Adoptions Australia (AIHW). Data collection standards, tables and counting rules, 1998-99.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Is re-engineered from PDF Adoption, version 2, DEC, NCSDD, NCSIMG, Superseded 01/03/2005.pdf (12.3 KB) No registration status
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Additional adoptive care need code N
  • Children and Families, Qualified 04/04/2023
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, 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, Superseded 05/06/2023
Adoptions DSS 2021-22
  • Children and Families, Standard 05/06/2023
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
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013
Adoption—veto type
  • Children and Families, Standard 22/11/2016
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—additional care need, code N
  • Children and Families, Qualified 04/04/2023
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, Standard 03/11/2021
Adoptive family—special care need, code N
  • Children and Families, Superseded 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, Superseded 09/12/2022
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program NBEDS 2023–24
  • Health, Standard 09/12/2022
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
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, Standard 03/11/2021
Special adoptive care need code N
  • Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
Special adoptive care type code N[N]
  • Children and Families, Standard 20/03/2018
<Title>
<body>
<footer>

View

  • Print view

Download

  • Word
  • PDF
  • Advanced Download

Review

  • Compare items
Help
Downloading

The download may take a while, please wait.

Do not refresh the screen until the download is complete.

Terms & Conditions
Do you agree with the Terms and Conditions?

<Title>

<body>
<footer>
Loading...
© Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Version 1.1.20230418.4