Amend Adoption contact: so it's not adopter's or social worker's best interests

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

This is a petition to the UK Government to amend the Adoption of Children Act 2002 so that contact for child adoption situation genuinely has the child's welfare for life. Over the course of 100 years the birth family rights to continue relationships with the adopted child has been phased out.

Registrable child adoptions in the United Kingdom have a history of a 100 years but over this time contact with the child for birth families has been phased out. Currently adopters or social workers choose whether birth families have contact where a placement for adoption order or where a final adoption order has been made. The law is not applied fairly as judges do not apply section 1 (2) - (4), ACA 2002 for where a judge "comes to a decision" for adoption contact or equivalent.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about existing arrangements for adoption, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

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Timeline

28 May 2021	Petition opened for signatures
3 Jun 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Jun 2021

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