Known adoption
Glossary Item Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | Known adoption |
METEOR identifier: | 689423 |
Registration status: | Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |
Definition: | An adoption of a child/children who were born or permanently residing in Australia before the adoption, who have a pre-existing relationship with the adoptive parent(s) and who are generally not able to be adopted by anyone other than the adoptive parent(s). These types of adoptions are broken down into the following categories, depending on the child’s relationship to the adoptive parent(s): step-parent, relative(s), carer and other. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Relational attributes | |
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Known child adoption Children and Families, Standard 03/11/2021 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Adoptions DSS 2016-17 Children and Families, Superseded 12/11/2018 Adoptions DSS 2017-18 Children and Families, Superseded 02/12/2019 Adoptions DSS 2018-19 Children and Families, Superseded 20/01/2021 Adoptions DSS 2019-20 Children and Families, Superseded 03/11/2021 |