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Adoption is a legal process by which children become permanent members of a new family. Parental responsibility is transferred to the adopters. Adopted children lose all legal ties to their birth parents.
Fostering is taking care of someone else’s child for a period of time while they are unable to live with their own family.
The following external links will take you to the County's adoption and fostering service, and other useful information.
Whilst we endeavour to ensure that linked sites are accurate and reliable we cannot accept any liability for the accuracy or content of these sites.
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