Adoption Breakdown

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Dear Nottinghamshire County Council,

If a adoption placement breaks down, do the birth parents
automatically gets notified. If not, could you explain why ?

Yours faithfully,

Melizza Moore

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Dear Melizza Moore

Thank you for your email. I have forwarded your enquiry to the relevant Freedom of Information Practitioner.

For any other information and advice on all County Council services please visit our website at http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk or email us at [Nottinghamshire County Council request email].

Yours sincerely,

Geoff Catley
Customer Services
Nottinghamshire County Council

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Dear Ms Moore

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Thank you for your request for information about adoption breakdown. Your
request was received on 30 January 2012 and I am dealing with it under the
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Dear Ms Moore

I am writing to you in reply to your Freedom of Information Act request to
Nottinghamshire County Council regarding adoption breakdown. I have the
following information.

 

If the adoption breaks down after the court has granted an adoption order,
then the birth family would not automatically be notified. This is because
the adoption order transfers parental responsibility from the birth
family, and the local authority, to the adoptive parents, who then have
entire parental responsibility.

 

If no order has been made and the child was therefore not adopted, then
the birth parents should be informed of any change in placement.

 

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.

 

If you are unhappy with the service you have received in relation to your
request and wish to make a complaint or request a review of our decision,
you should write to the Team Manager, Complaints and Information Team,
County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7QP or e-mail
[email address].

 

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Information Commissioner's Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Telephone: 0303 123 1113

www.ico.gov.uk

 

Yours sincerely

 

John Allison

Information Officer

Complaints & Information Team
Policy Planning & Corporate Services Department
Nottinghamshire County Council
Tel 0115 9772788
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