This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Review letterbox contact within the adoption process and the lack of responses
In the adoption process, most cases will allow letterbox contact between parents and the child/ren. However there is nothing in place to ensure that this happens and many parents and siblings can be left with no contact from their child/sibling. For families this can be devastating.
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We want there to be a process that ensures that letterbox contact is maintained as it can lead to adopted children to feel forgotten and families to feel like they lost a child. We outline that we want an additional service/process that stops adopters stopping letterbox contact.
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