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Adoption and Family Information Service (AFIS)

We provide services for people, mainly South Australians, who are affected by past adoptions, people who are considering placing their child for adoption and people who want to adopt a child. Post Care Services, co-located with AFIS, provides services for people who were previously in State care who want to access their files.

 

Local Adoption Overseas Adoption

Local Adoption

Placing a child for adoption

Adopting a local born child

Adopting step children

 

Overseas Adoption

Adopting an overseas child

Past Adoption Post Care Services

Past Adoption

Information about past adoptions

Searching for birth relatives

Making contact with a birth relative

Historical information

United Kingdom - past adoption information

Post Care Services

Former Wards of the State/Children under the Guardianship of the Minister

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who were in care

 

The Commission of Inquiry (Children in State Care - “Mullighan Inquiry”) gave its report to the South Australian Government in the week beginning 31 March 2008.  PDF copies of the report are available for download at the Mullighan Inquiry website, which also provides other information.