After your child is adopted
From June 1991, birth parents who sign an adoption consent and their adopted child have an unqualified entitlement to receive identifying information about each other once the child reaches 18 years of age.
If both parties agree to participate in the exchange of information, it is possible for members of a child's birth family and adoptive family to correspond with each other before the child turns 18. Birth families and adoptive families who correspond with each other cannot have direct contact - the exchange of information must be non-identifying until the adopted child turns 18.
Birth parents are asked to indicate whether they would like to exchange information with their child's adoptive family at the time they consent to their child's adoption. The voluntary exchange of non-identifying information between birth families and adoptive parents is facilitated through the Mailbox Program. Adoptive parents' willingness to participate in the program will be considered when selecting suitable adoptive parents for a child whose birth parents' indicate that they wish to exchange information after the child has been adopted.
Our Adoption Services Queensland Unit is able to provide support and assistance for families participating in the Mailbox Program.
- Last updated
- 19 October 2007