Intercountry adoption
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | Intercountry adoption |
METEOR identifier: | 689421 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 |
Definition: | An adoption of a child/children from countries other than Australia who may legally be placed for adoption, but who generally have had no previous contact with the adoptive parent(s). There are 2 categories of intercountry adoptions: Hague adoption and non-Hague adoption. There are 2 arrangements for intercountry adoptions: full adoption order in child’s country of origin, and guardianship order in child’s country of origin. |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Intercountry adoption Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoptions DSS 2016-17 Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 |
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