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	NSW - Eligibility criteria to adopt What are the criteria set by the state of NSW to be eligible to adopt through DoCS?
	NSW Adoption Regulation 2003
	Commonwealth-State Agreement for the Continued Operation of Australia's Intercountry Adoption Program - July 2008
	Victoria Adoption Act 1984

Commonwealth of Australia

	Commonwealth-State Agreement for the Continued Operation of Australia's Intercountry Adoption Program - July 2008
	Commonwealth-State Agreement for the Implementation of the Hague Convention on Protection and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption
	Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998
	Family Law Act 1975
	Intercountry Adoption Strategic Plan 2008
	National Minimum Principles In Adoption

Australian Capital Territory

	ACT Adoption Act
	ACT Adoption Act (Download)
	ACT Adoption Unit

New South Wales

	Legislation regarding DoCS
	NSW - Eligibility criteria to adopt What are the criteria set by the state of NSW to be eligible to adopt through DoCS?
	NSW Adoption Act 2000 (DoCS)
	NSW Adoption Act 2000 No 75 (Parlimentary Counsel's Office)
	NSW Adoption Regulation 2003
	Review of the Adoption Act 2000

Queensland

	Queensland Adoption of Children Act 1964
	Queensland Adoption of Children Regulation 1999

South Australia

	South Australia Adoption Act 1988
	South Australia Adoption Regulations 2004

Tasmania

Tasmania Adoption Act 1988

Victoria

Victoria Adoption Act 1984

Western Australia

	Western Australia Adoption Act 1994
	Western Australia Adoption Act 1994 - Offences - Restriction on publication of identity of parties

Austria

Overview of Austrian Adoption Law Adoption is seen as an institution designed to provide children with a new family in order to further their well-being, or as a way to legitimise children born out of wedlock.

France

Overview of French Adoption Law The recent legaslative changes are aimed in particular at taking into account the new aspects of international adoption.

Germany

Overview of German Adoption Law In 1967, German adoption low was reformed to reflect chnaging attitudes and the fact that adoption was principally an institution to provide a new home for children.

India

	India - Religious Adoption Criteria / Hindus
	India - Religious Adoption Criteria / Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Jews
	India - Requirements for a valid adoption / Hindus
	India's archaic adoption law needs overhaul Scores of non-Hindus, who are denied the right to adopt in India, face legal and legislative hurdles.

Ireland

Overview of Irish Adoption Law In Ireland, legal adoption is a relatively new institution. With regard to intercountry adoption, Ireland has seen an increasing in the adoption of children from abroad over the last two decades.

Italy

Overview of Italian Adoption Law Italy has long recognised foreign adoptions and have ratified and implemented the Hague Convention as well as the European Convention on the Adoption of Children

Netherlands

Overview of Dutch Adoption Law Apart from adoptions by a spouse or a partner of the biological parent, which happens mainly in lesbian couples, there are only about 40 cases per year in which mothers give up their babies.

Portugal

Overview of Portuguese Adoption Law Adoption has been practiced very little in Portugal since the 16th century. Modern Portuguese Adoption Law focuses on the welfare of the child.

Spain

Overview of Spanish Adoption Law The upward trend of international adoptions in Spain stems from a higher domestic demand for adoption on the one hand and an insufficient number of Spanish children to adopt on the other.

Sweden

Overview of Swedish Adoption Law The upward trend of international adoptions in Sweden was triggered by the sharp drop in domestic adoptions, which correlated with the changing status of unmarried women in Sweden.

United Kingdom

Overview of English Adoption Law England recognises intercountry adoption and has ratified the European Convention on the Adoption of Children as well as the Hague Convention.

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	Overview of Austrian Adoption Law Adoption is seen as an institution designed to provide children with a new family in order to further their well-being, or as a way to legitimise children born out of wedlock.
	Overview of Dutch Adoption Law Apart from adoptions by a spouse or a partner of the biological parent, which happens mainly in lesbian couples, there are only about 40 cases per year in which mothers give up their babies.
	Overview of English Adoption Law England recognises intercountry adoption and has ratified the European Convention on the Adoption of Children as well as the Hague Convention.
	Overview of French Adoption Law The recent legaslative changes are aimed in particular at taking into account the new aspects of international adoption.
	Overview of German Adoption Law In 1967, German adoption low was reformed to reflect chnaging attitudes and the fact that adoption was principally an institution to provide a new home for children.
	Overview of Irish Adoption Law In Ireland, legal adoption is a relatively new institution. With regard to intercountry adoption, Ireland has seen an increasing in the adoption of children from abroad over the last two decades.
	Overview of Italian Adoption Law Italy has long recognised foreign adoptions and have ratified and implemented the Hague Convention as well as the European Convention on the Adoption of Children
	Overview of Portuguese Adoption Law Adoption has been practiced very little in Portugal since the 16th century. Modern Portuguese Adoption Law focuses on the welfare of the child.
	Overview of Spanish Adoption Law The upward trend of international adoptions in Spain stems from a higher domestic demand for adoption on the one hand and an insufficient number of Spanish children to adopt on the other.
	Overview of Swedish Adoption Law The upward trend of international adoptions in Sweden was triggered by the sharp drop in domestic adoptions, which correlated with the changing status of unmarried women in Sweden.

Religion

	India - Religious Adoption Criteria / Hindus
	India - Religious Adoption Criteria / Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Jews
	India - Requirements for a valid adoption / Hindus
	India's archaic adoption law needs overhaul Scores of non-Hindus, who are denied the right to adopt in India, face legal and legislative hurdles.