Finalised adoption
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| Synonymous names: | Completed adoption |
| METEOR identifier: | 749075 |
| Registration status: | Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 |
| Definition: | An adoption order that was completed during the reporting period. This includes orders that were made in Australia, and, in the case of some intercountry adoptions, where the full adoption order was made in the country of origin. The way in which an adoption is finalised depends on the process used in the country of origin and the procedures of the state or territory department responsible for adoption in Australia. |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Finalised adoption Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |
| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoption—finalised adoption, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptions DSS 2020-21 Children and Families, Superseded 05/06/2023 Adoptions DSS 2021-22 Children and Families, Superseded 04/04/2024 Adoptions DSS 2022-23 Children and Families, Superseded 24/06/2025 Adoptions DSS 2023-24 Children and Families, Standard 24/06/2025 Adoptions DSS 2024-25 Children and Families, Qualified 07/01/2026 Person—adoption type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Person—intercountry adoption order type, code N Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 |