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Ad-hoc adoption

Glossary Item Attributes

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Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termAd-hoc intercountry adoption
METEOR identifier:Help on this term749048
Registration status:Help on this term

Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021

Definition:Help on this term

An intercountry adoption from a country with which Australia did not have an existing intercountry adoption program at the time the file of the applicant(s) was sent.

Context:Help on this term

Children and family services.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Ad-hoc adoption

Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Adoption type code N

Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021

Adoptions DSS 2020-21

Children and Families, Superseded 05/06/2023

Adoptions DSS 2021-22

Children and Families, Superseded 04/04/2024

Adoptions DSS 2022-23

Children and Families, Superseded 24/06/2025

Adoptions DSS 2023-24

Children and Families, Standard 24/06/2025

Adoptions DSS 2024-25

Children and Families, Qualified 07/01/2026

Intercountry adoption

Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021

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