When the adoption order is issued by the court, the child's legal relationship with the birth parents ends and the child gets new legal parents. The effect of this is that the adopted child become a member of the adoptive family just as if it had been a birth child of the adopters. After the adoption order, the birth parents have no parental responsibility for the child.
Yes you can. According to the guidelines,...
Yes you can. However, at Jigsaw Adoption, we are...
Yes you can adopt if there is an age gap between the...
Yes. We will consider your ability to parent and discuss...
Yes, you can adopt if you are unemployed.
It depends. Most criminal convictions do not...
Yes you can have pets. We may arrange a vet...
Yes. Adoption leave is similar to...
Yes. Single people, couples in same sex...
In principle yes. There is nothing in regulation saying...
No, you don't need to be on a high income to...
The recommendation is to wait at least 6 month...
You can read about the process here. According to...
Once you are approved, we will work with a...
Legally you can. However, we would ask you to...
Yes, as long as you are able to provide space...
No, there is no upper age limit. Many adopters...
Local authorities typically expect adoptive...
We do not charge any fees to adopters and nor...
The assessment processes undertaken by a...
When the adoption order is issued by the court,...
Please refer to the support section on our...