ADOPTION (AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA)

Adoption is an option given to undecided mothers who are not sure if they want to keep their child. With this process they give up their child to a chosen family that is looking for a child. Trends show over the years most biological mothers try to come back into their abandoned childrens lives and try to gain ‘ownership’/full rights. Adopted children should not be returned to their biological parents for a various number of reasons, which will be discussed throughout this essay.

Adoption allows a family to take on the legal and moral responsibilities of caring for a child. The adopted child then demolishes all relationships with his/her genetic parents whether it be legal or moral. Although all relationships with the biological parents are disengaged it is still possible to arrange access of the child or the exchange of information. A child may be adopted until the age of 18, when they are considered to be legally an adult, although it is very abnormal for a child to be adopt...