Queensland GovernmentAdoption Services Queensland assists people to access information about an adoption that occurred in Queensland.
Those eligible include:
Different requirements and processes apply depending on whether the adopted person is:
The Adoption Act 2009 allows a child's adoptive and birth families to explore the option of 'opening' the adoption before the child's 18th birthday. An adoption would be 'opened' by the birth and adoptive families being given information about each others identities.
The Adoption Act 2009 enables identifying adoption information to be provided to an adopted person or birth parent once the adopted person is 18 years of age. An adopted person is entitled to receive identifying information about any sibling he or she may have who has also been adopted.
The Adoption Act 2009 enables identifying adoption information to be provided to an adopted person or birth parent once the adopted person is 18 years of age. An adopted person is entitled to receive identifying information about any sibling he or she may have who has also been adopted.<
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Last modified 15 May 2012
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