- This is not current policy -
The policy in this manual ceases to be effective from 29 November 2010.
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F7.10 Pre-adoption information
- Under the Adoptions Act 1955, social workers approve prospective parents and report to the Family Court, which rules on individual adoptions.
- Generally, the authorities in the child's country of origin must give permission for it to leave, and the adoption must conform with the law of that country.
- INZ offices should advise prospective adoptive parents to consult the New Zealand Child, Youth and Family (CYF), and to contact the equivalent welfare agency in the child's country.
- CYF will arrange for a home study and liaise with the appropriate inter-country adoption agency for a child study, after which CYF will advise INZ of the results.
- CYF may also ask overseas posts to investigate the circumstances of the child.
Effective 02/03/2009