Adoption order vs parenting order

Adoption is where a child legally becomes the child of someone other than a birth parent and the child's birth certificate is altered to reflect this change of parent. This is different to parenting orders in the Family Court. Parenting orders specify the care arrangements for a child, however they do no change parenthood.

Parenting orders are required to consider contact with the child's parents. Adoption orders are not required to contain contact arrangements with birth parents.

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Antoinette Vujnovich
m: 021 210 0930
e: info@edenfamilylaw.co.nz

Available by appointment at 102 Jervois Road, Herne Bay, Auckland.