Adoption and Looked after Children: A Comparison of Legal Initiatives in the UK and the USA

Adoption and Fostering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 44-52

  Sargent, Sarah ^a  

^a a private child placing agency in Topeka   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; adoption standards; looked after children; permanency; permanency plan; special guardianship

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944399802     PISSN: 03085759     EISSN: 1740469X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030857590302700207     Document Type: Article

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1. Adoption and Children Act, 2002, UK.
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