Scottish Government

ISBN 0 7559 1180 6 (Web only publication)

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Contents

I Legal Options for Children providing Permanence and Stability
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II Contact
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III Freeing Orders
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IV Role of the Hearing System in Permanence
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V Medical Issues
V.I Medical information about children and consent thereto.
V.2 Medical information about birth parents and consent thereto
V.3 Medical reports on prospective adopters
V.4 Disclosure of medical information about prospective adopters
V.5 'Registered medical practitioner' to include a registered nurse
V.6 Access by adoptees to medical information and records of birth families
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VI Court Processes in Permanence, including Grounds and Court Delays
VI.1 Welfare of the child as paramount consideration
VI.2 Children's views.
VI.3 Consideration of race, religion, culture and language
VI.4 Minimum necessary intervention
VI.5 Grounds for dispensing with the agreement of birth parents.
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VII Revocation
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VIII Public Fostering
VIII.1 Section 25 status
VIII.2 Arrangements with voluntary organisations.
VIII.3 Fostering placements under regulation 12(4).
VIII.4 Checks on households which 'looked after' children are visiting
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IX Support in Non-adoptive Permanent Placements
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X Support in Adoption Placements
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XI Tracing and Access to Adoption Records
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XII Private Fostering
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XIII Birth Families in Adoption, including Unmarried Fathers
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XIV Children Waiting for Permanence and Adoption
XIV.1 Publication of information about looked after children
XIV.2 Restrictions on removal of children
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XV Panels: Fostering, Adoption and Permanence
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XVI Foster Carers and Processes for Them
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XVII Adopters and Processes for Them
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XVIII Adoption Agencies and Local Authorities
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XIX Step-Parent Adoption
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