When a child is legally adopted in the UK, the child will automatically take on your surname and any rights of the biological parents will cease to exist. This is the status quo in many countries where the child will lose their former surname and automatically acquire yours. Countries where the surname change is automatic [...]

Photo source: Wikimedia It has been over a month now since the BBC aired their Panorama special on the little known world of the family courts and the adoption of children. Much has been debated about the birth parents but few have stopped to think about the adoptive parents. What are their rights? This post [...]