Queensland Government
Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services

  • Adopting a child from Queensland

    Provides information about eligiblity requirements and assessment processes for couples seeking to express interest in having their suitability to be adoptive parents for a child in Queensland assessed.

  • Adopting a step-child

    Provides information about the legal process by which a step-parent may adopt his or her spouse's child, the legal effect of adoption and information about eligibility requirements and assessment processes for people seeking to apply to have their suitability to adopt their step-child assessed.

  • Adoption information sessions

    Information sessions for couples interested in expressing interest in the Queensland and Intercountry Children's Adoption Programs are provided on a regular basis by the Department of Communities for people wanting more information about adoption in Queensland.