Fostering and adoption

When children want to trace their birth parents

What is fostering

Advice if you are thinking of fostering
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Adopting a child

Find out who can adopt and what you need to do
- Primary
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Residence orders

Advice to help you understand what a residence order is
- Primary
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Special guardianship orders

Understanding a special guardianship order
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Telling your child they're ado...

Adoptive parents often worry about how to tell their child they are adopted
- Primary
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Adoption support

Support for parents of children with an adoption plan, placed for adoption or adopted
- Primary
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If your child is being adopted

Child adoption advice if your child is being adopted
- Primary
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Contacting birth parents

Helping your adopted child to contact and trace their birth parents
- Primary
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Becoming a step-family

Grandparents and stepfamilies

Understanding the role grandparents can play in stepfamilies
- Advice article
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New baby in a stepfamily

Read our advice on a new baby in a stepfamily
- Pregnancy
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Stepfamily house rules and bou...

House rules and boundaries advice for new stepfamilies
- Behaviour
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Stepfamilies - moving in toget...

Read our advice on how to decide if you should move in together
- Secondary
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Stepfamily living arrangements

Read our advice if you are planning to live together as a stepfamily
- Primary
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Arguments and disagreements

Stepfamily house rules and bou...

House rules and boundaries advice for new stepfamilies
- Behaviour
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Family relationships

Stepfamily living arrangements

Read our advice if you are planning to live together as a stepfamily
- Primary
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Last updated: November 2024