Adoption Service

Welcome to the web pages of the North East Lincolnshire Adoption Service.

Adoption is a way of providing a permanent new family and home for children who are unable to live with their family of birth. An adopted child becomes a full member of the adoptive family with the same legal rights as any child born into that family. Once a court makes an adoption order in favour of the adoptive parents, only the adoptive parents have parental responsibility (legal rights) for the child.

The lives of many people have been touched by adoption in some way.

You may be browsing these pages as:

• Someone interested in adopting a child or children;
• Someone whose child is being adopted;
• An adult who was adopted as a child;
• A child or young person who may be going through the adoption process;
• Someone involved in adoption who feels they need some further support.

Whatever brings you to these pages, we hope you will find the information easily accessible and helpful. You will find information on all aspects of adoption in North East Lincolnshire here.

N.B. The documents below are in MS Word 97 so if you do not have Word 97 on your PC then you can download a reader by clicking here: Downloads.

Click this link for details on how to contact the Adoption Service.

We look forward to hearing from you.

• If you are interested in adopting a child ...
  • "Information for Enquirers" (Word document) (603 KB)
  • Online Form for Adoption Enquirers

• If your child is being adopted ...
  • "Information for Birth Relatives about Adoption" (Word document) (284 KB)

• If you are an adult who was adopted as a child ...
  • Link to access to adoption records 

• If you are a child or young person needing to know more about adoption ...
  • Adoption guide for young children (Word document) (315 KB)
  • Adoption guide for children and young people (Word document) (783 KB)
  • Adoption Services Leaflet for young children (Word document) (7447 KB)

• If you need more information about adoption support services ...
  • Link to Adoption Support Services information

• If you are interested in adopting a step child ...
  • Adopting a Step child information (Word document) (44 KB)

• If you are interested in an inter-country adoption ...
  • Inter-country adoption information (Word document) (24 KB)

• If you need more information about Special Guardianship ...
  • Special Guardianship information (Word document) (32.5 KB)

• If you would like to read our Statement of Purpose ...
  • Statement of Purpose (Word document) (7.93 MB)

• If you would like more information about the Foster Care Service ...
  • Link to Foster Care Service