Adoption is a way of providing a new family for a child or young person under the age of 18 years when it is not possible for him or her to remain with their own family.An Adoption Order severs all legal ties with the birth family and gives the new adoptive family parental rights and responsibilities for the child.
The child becomes a full member of your family, usually takes your surname and assumes the same rights and privileges as if he or she had been born to you.
However, it is now considered important for a link of some kind to be kept with the child's birth family. You will learn more about this later on.
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