Submitted on Friday 28th May 2021
Rejected on Thursday 3rd June 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Amend Adoption contact: so it's not adopter's or social worker's best interests
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.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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