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Adopting in Aberdeen
Thank you for expressing an interest in offering a permanent family placement to children and young people who need one.
Adoption is one of the most rewarding and successful ways of caring for a child. This website provides information for people who are interested in finding out more about adoption or offering a permanent foster place to a child or young person. It includes information about the different legal routes for placements, as well as letting you know what we would expect from you as a prospective adoptive parent.
The pack includes information on how to apply to adopt and includes details about all the steps involved in becoming an adoptive parent.
Back to the Fostering and Adoption home page.
Contacts
- Adoption and Fostering Service 77-79 King Street
Aberdeen
AB24 5AB
Phone: 01224 793830
Fax: 01224 636745
Email: adoptfost@aberdeencity.gov.uk
Frequently Asked Questions
- Can I adopt a child in Scotland if I am registered disabled?
- Can I adopt a child in Scotland if I have a criminal record?
- Can I adopt if I am single?
- Can I adopt if I am undergoing IVF?
- Can I adopt/foster a child if I already have children of my own?
- Can I adopt/foster a child with special needs or a disability?
- Can I adopt/foster if I work/don't work?
- Can I foster/adopt a child if I am overweight?
- Can I foster/adopt a child if I have health problems?
- Can I foster/adopt a child if I or my partner smokes?
- Do I get paid for adopting a child?
- Do I have to be a British Citizen to adopt a child?
- Do I have to be Christian to adopt a child in Scotland?
- Do I have to be well off if I want to adopt a child?
- Do I need a spare room if I want to adopt or foster a child?
- Do I need to be married if I want to adopt a child?
- How can I adopt a child from abroad?
- How can I place my child for adoption?
- How do I apply to adopt or to become a foster carer?
- How do I/we become adoptive parents?
- Is there contact between adopters and birth parents?
- Is there contact between children and birth parents before the adoption is finalised?
- What age do I have to be to adopt a child?
- What is adoption?
- What is the difference between permanent fostering and adoption?
- What support is available to adoptive families?
- What supports are available to adoptive families?
- Who are the children who need adoptive families?
- Who are the children who need adoptive families?