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Adoption
Adoption is a way of providing new families for children who cannot be brought up by their natural parents. The adoptive parents take on the legal responsibility for the child, and the child becomes a full member of a new family, usually taking the new family name. Links with the birth family may be maintained.
Devon Children and Young People's Services has a dedicated Adoption Unit with social workers based in Exeter, Barnstaple and Totnes.
If you'd like to receive more information, or perhaps to discuss your interest in adoption without any committment whatever, call us on 0845 155 1013.
Hear more about adoption in this interview from John Govier's programme on BBC Radio Devon - click on 'JG's Best Bits' then select 'Adopting a Child'.
If you are an adopted adult and have a query about your birth history, then call 01392 386645.
Or, in either case, email us using our Enquiry Form.
Devon Adoption, Devon Children and Young People's Services, Parkers Barn, Parkers Way, TOTNES, Devon TQ9 5UF. We are here.