Petition · past parliament · Ministry of Justice
Increase adoptees’ right to revoke own adoption
Closed
425 signatures
What the petition asks
We call on the UK Government to make it easier for all adult adoptees to seek legalised emancipation / revocation from their respective adoptive parents and to do so under the Children’s Act as laid out within UK legislation and the Rights of the Child.
We ask that the Adoption Act be amended to make it much easier for adopted children to have their own adoption revoked when they reach the age of 18. Financial support should also be made available under Legal Aid and/or Adoption support fund, for example. Adoptees should be allowed the right to choose their own family, a right previously not afforded them as a minor unless under very limited circumstances.
Timeline
| 16 Feb 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 16 Aug 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
425
Status
Closed
Department
Ministry of Justice
Opened
16 Feb 2021
Closed
16 Aug 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.