Intercountry adoption

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
Synonymous names:	Adoption from another country
METEOR identifier:	749058
Registration status:	Children and Families, Standard 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 with the adoptive parent(s). There are four categories of intercountry adoptions: Hague adoption, bilateral adoption, known child intercountry adoption and ad-hoc adoption. These are classified as either 'program adoptions' (Hague or bilateral) or 'non-program adoptions' (known child or ad-hoc) according to whether the child's country of origin was a partner country.

Collection and usage attributes
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Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	Ad-hoc adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Ad-hoc adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption 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 Adoption type code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—adoption placement, total N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—finalised adoption, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoption—Intercountry adoption placement type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptions DSS 2020-21 Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Bilateral adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Bilateral adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Finalised adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Hague adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Hague adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Hague Convention Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Known child intercountry adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Known child intercountry adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Non-Hague adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Person—adoption type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Person—intercountry adoption living arrangement post arrival, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Person—intercountry adoption order type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Placement (adoption) Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Service provider organisation—approved intercountry adoption client, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Service provider organisation—intercountry adoption client file sent overseas, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Service provider organisation—intercountry adoption client, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021