What Is Adoption?

Adoption is a way of providing a new, permanent family for a child or siblings who cannot grow up with their birth parents or family.

It’s a legal procedure where all the parental responsibility is transferred to the adopters and the child becomes a full legal member of their new adoptive family. The child you adopt will take your family’s surname and assumes the same rights as if they had been born to you.

If you’d like to find more information about Adoption, visit our other pages and click the links below.

Enquire:

To register an interest and/or to request an information pack:

You can also:

• Email: adoptionenquiries@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

• Call: 0300 123 1093 and leave a message.