Open petition: Amend adoption/kinship care laws to protect privacy rights of adult adoptees

Created by TEIGAN WELDON
Closes on 6 January 2027

Amend the Children Act 1989 and adoption guidance to explicitly state that local authorities cannot contact or assess an adopted person to act as a kinship carer for a biological sibling they have no prior relationship with unless the adoptee has explicitly opted into a contact register.

An adoption order legally cuts ties with the birth family. However, local authorities can still track down adult adoptees to take responsibility for new biological siblings they have never met. We believe this breaches the adoptee's right to move on with their life, creates intense emotional guilt, and compromises their right to privacy under the guise of family finding. For many families this can cause severe upset and turmoil. We believe we are not legally or morally Kin and therefore should not be considered so.

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