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Notification to Local Authority
This is necessary where adoption is not by
an adoption agency.
An applicant must give at least 3 months
prior written notice to the social services
in their area of their intention to adopt.
The maximum period for giving notice is 2
years before the making of an application.
On giving notice the child becomes a
protected child until the adoption order is
made, refused or withdrawn or;
2 years after giving notice has passed or;
Residence, care or supervision orders are
made or;
A guardian is appointed or;
The child reaches 18 or marries.
The Local Authority must investigate and
submit a report to the court making an
adoption order, (a protected child does not
include children in a children's home or in
the care of a school where they receive
full-time education, or a child in the care
of a health service hospital, or a child
suffering from a mental disorder, or in a
residential care home, although it is still
necessary to give notice in respect of such
children). |
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