Intercountry adoption
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | Intercountry adoption |
METEOR identifier: | 722868 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |
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 four categories of intercountry adoptions: Hague adoption, Bilateral adoption, known child intercountry adoption and ad-hoc adoption. |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | Supersedes Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Has been superseded by Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoptions DSS 2018-19 Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Adoptions DSS 2019-20 Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |