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Adoption policy — Key information

Updated: 01 July 2013

This section contains information about in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) surrogacy adoption.

Birthparents

Working with expectant parents

Policy: Adoption — Working with expectant parents

Direct applications

Direct adoption applications to the Family Court

Domestic adoptions

Facilitating an adoption placement

Policy: Adoption — Facilitating an adoption placement

Intercountry adoption

Facilitating the adoption of a tamaiti overseas

Policy: Adoption — Intercountry adoption: adopting a tamaiti from overseas

Policy: Adoption — Responding to relative intercountry adoption proposals

In-vitro fertilisation surrogacy

In-vitro fertilisation surrogacy adoption

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