Part 1Adoption
C1Chapter 2The adoption process
The making of adoption orders
I1C2C1C328C1Adoption orders
1
An adoption order is an order made by the appropriate court on an application under section 29 or 30 vesting the parental responsibilities and parental rights in relation to a child in the adopters or adopter.
2
The court must not make an adoption order unless it considers that it would be better for the child that the order be made than not.
3
An adoption order may contain such terms and conditions as the court thinks fit.
4
An adoption order may be made in respect of a person aged 18 or over if the application for the order was made when the person was under 18.
5
An adoption order may be made in respect of a child who is subject to a permanence order.
6
An adoption order may be made even if the child to be adopted is already an adopted child.
7
An adoption order may not be made in respect of a person who is or has been—
a
married, or
b
a civil partner.
Pt. 1 Ch. 2 applied in part (28.9.2009) by Adoptions with a Foreign Element (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/182), regs. 1(1), 9(1)