Children in stepfamilies: Their legal and family status

Discusses the appropriateness of adoption as a way of establishing the legal status and family relationships of stepchildren and stepparents

Relinquishing mothers in adoption

Investigates the effects of relinquishing a child on the subsequent adjustment of the mother

Self-determination: Helping Aboriginal families to realise the ideal

Adoption law in Australia

This document briefly outlines changes to the adoption scene in Australia in recent years

Claiming our future