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Which courts can deal with adoption proceedings ?
Magistrates Court, County Court or High Court.
If there are already court orders made involving the child, then the adoption order should be started in that court. If the child is going to be a party in the court case, or the adoption involves a child from abroad then it must be started in the High Court.
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- Do I have to be a certain age to adopt?
- Who can apply for an adoption order?
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