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Adoption Victoria

On 1 July 2019, delivery of Adoption Services transferred from the Department of Health and Human Service to the Department of Justice and Community Safety.

Adoption Services includes local adoption, inter-country adoption and information about past adoptions.

Local adoption services are now delivered directly by Adoption Victoria within the Department of Justice and Community Safety, and indirectly by four community agencies:

Anglicare
CatholicCare
Uniting
Children and Families Services Ballarat.

All local adoption service providers provide counselling of parents considering giving up a child, and assessment of people interested in local adoption.

Adoption Victoria arranges local and intercountry adoption.

Adoption Information Services provides support to those affected by past adoption.

Contact Adoption Victoria

(03) 8608 5700 or 1300 769 926 (local call cost)
1800 130 225 (national free call)
options.adoption@justice.vic.gov.au (External link)

Adoption Information Services
Level 20, 570 Bourke Street
Melbourne, 3000
Victoria

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Considering adoption for your child

Considering adoption for your child

If you're considering having your child raised by another family, it's essential that you understand all your options

Adopt a child

Adopt a child

You do not need any special qualifications to be an adoptive parent

Past adoptions

Past adoptions

Find out who can request adoption records about an adoption and what happens after a request is received

Adoption legislation, standards and resources

Adoption legislation, standards and resources

Adoption in Victoria is the legal process by which a child becomes a member of a new family