How to request for information
1.1
Rule 84 states that an adopted
person who is over the age of 18 has the right to receive from the court which
made the adoption order a copy of –
(a) the application form for an
adoption order (but not the documents attached to that form);
(b) the adoption order and any
other orders relating to the adoption proceedings; and
(c) orders allowing any person
contact with the child after the adoption order was made.
1.2
An application under rule 84 must be
made in form A64 which is contained in the practice direction supplementing
rule 17 and must have attached to it a full certified copy of the entry in the
Adopted Children Register relating to the applicant.
1.3
The completed application form must
be taken to the court which made the adoption order along with evidence of the
applicant’s identity showing a photograph and signature, such as a
passport or driving licence.