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Inter‐country Adoption: Australia's Position
Author(s) -
Fopp Peter
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1982.tb00723.x
Subject(s) - legal guardian , statutory law , legislation , negotiation , project commissioning , nationality , position (finance) , immigration , publishing , state (computer science) , welfare , social welfare , economic growth , business , political science , law , public relations , economics , finance , algorithm , computer science
Although each Australian state and territory has its own adoption legislation and its own social welfare department, they have combined to send inter‐country adoption delegations to Asian countries to negotiate working arrangements on a uniform basis. When a child is adopted by people in another country, care needs to be taken in both countries by authorities, professional workers and parents to ensure that the best interests of the child are paramount. Over 1,000 children from Asian countries have been adopted by Australians. There is a dearth of published research material, but there are indications that most of these adoptions are proving very satisfactory for the children. To protect the child's status in terms of name, nationality and guardianship, it is important that policies and procedures in relation to adoption practice, immigration, and statutory recognition of overseas adoptions adequately complement each other.