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Adoption consent code N

Value Domain Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termValue Domain
METEOR identifier:Help on this term468236
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013
Definition:Help on this term

A code set representing the consent by birth parents to an adoption.

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termNumber
Format:Help on this termN
Maximum character length:Help on this term1
Permissible values:Help on this term
ValueMeaning
1Consent from birth mother only (birth father's consent dispensed/not required)
2Consent from birth father only (with dispensation of birth mother's consent)
3Consent from both birth parents
4Consent of both birth parents dispensed/not required
Supplementary values:Help on this term
9Not stated/inadequately described

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

CODE 1 Consent from birth mother only (birth father's consent dispensed/not required)

A child is legally available for adoption if all the necessary consents to the child’s adoption have been obtained or dispensed with.

Consent for local adoptions is usually required from both birth parents. Therefore, dispensation of consent is usually only provided by the relevant court in each state/territory when the birth parent(s) are unable to give consent themselves.

Dispensation is a legal process by which a court may declare that the consent of a parent is not required for an adoption order to be granted. Grounds for dispensation applications are set under individual state and territory legislation. In some jurisdictions, where the birth father's identity is unknown, his consent is not required and so it is not necessary to dispense with his consent. In these cases, consent is only required from the birth mother, and there is no dispensation of the birth father's consent.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Steward:Help on this termAustralian Institute of Health and Welfare

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Adoption consent code N
  • Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021
Data elements implementing this value domain:Help on this term
Adoption—adoption consent, code N
  • Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
Adoption—adoption consent, code N
  • Community Services (retired), Standard 20/05/2013
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