Finalised adoption

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Glossary Item
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
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Finalised adoption Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021
Metadata items which use this glossary item:	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—finalised adoption, total number N[NN] Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Adoptions DSS 2020-21 Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Country of origin (adoption) Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 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