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IV. Suitability assessment<\/h1>\n

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A person residing in Hong Kong who intends to adopt an infant, other than a person who is (i) a parent or relative of the infant or (ii) married to a parent of the infant, must fill in a form specified by the Director of the Social Welfare Department (DSW) and submit it, in the case of local adoption, to DSW or an Accredited Body for assessment of his suitability to be an adoptive parent (\u00a0sections 27(1)<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a027A<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Adoption Ordinance<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n

The application must be submitted together with such information as the DSW or the Accredited Body may reasonably require, along with a written authorisation from the applicant to the Commissioner of Police authorising the Commissioner to to inform the DSW whether or not the applicant has a criminal record. In the case of local adoption where the application is submitted to an Accredited Body, the applicant may in the authorisation designate the Accredited Body rather than the DSW for the purpose of checking the applicant\u2019s criminal record. On receiving an authorisation submitted to it, the Accredited Body must send the authorisation to the DSW for processing the criminal record check (\u00a0section 27A(2)-(4)<\/a>\u00a0). After considering an application for local adoption, the DSW or Accredited Body may decide whether or not the applicant is suitable to be an adoptive parent (\u00a0section 29(1)<\/a>\u00a0).<\/p>\n

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Adoption is a legal process by which parental rights and responsibilities over a child are transferred from the birth parents to the adoptive parents. An adoption in Hong Kong must be effected in accordance with the Adoption Ordinance , Cap. 290<\/a> , Laws of Hong Kong. The guiding principle in the adoption process is the \u201cbest interests of the child\u201d ( section 8<\/a> of the Adoption Ordinance<\/a> ).<\/p>

Local adoption service in Hong Kong is provided by the Adoption Unit of the Social Welfare Department and three non-governmental organizations, as Accredited Bodies:<\/p>