Law
The law and your life
What does adoption mean for your legal identity, your family relationships and your access to information?
Explore the laws that affect you and the cases in which people have challenged decisions about their lives. Find out what they argued, what the courts decided and why it matters to adoptees.
England and Wales, including relevant UK cases considered by European courts.
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Adoptee Rights Assistant
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The laws that affect your life
Understand the legal changes adoption makes, the rules governing records and the provisions about family contact.
What has been challenged in court?
Read cases about access to personal history, family relationships and adoption orders, with a short explanation of why each matters to adoptees.