Intercountry adoption
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | Intercountry adoption |
METEOR identifier: | 700992 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 |
Definition: | Intercountry adoptions are adoptions of children from countries other than Australia, who are legally able to be placed for adoption, but who generally have had no previous contact or relationship with the adoptive parents. There are three categories of intercountry adoptions: Hague adoption, Bilateral adoption and non-Hague adoption. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 Has been superseded by Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoptions DSS 2017-18 Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Adoptions DSS 2018-19 Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Adoptions DSS 2019-20 Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |