Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01701 · Session 5

Change the law to allow adoption for people over the age of 18

Closed Submitted 18 Jun 2018 Justice
Signatures
0
184 online signatures with a country
Comments
10
Considered
3 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to amend the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007, or introduce separate legislation, to allow for the adoption of individuals who are over the age of 18, in order to respect the right to a family life enshrined in the Human Rights Act 1998.

What the petitioner did first

On 3rd March, I wrote to my MSPs to gain their support and ask them to question the Government as to their willingness to change the law. A number of MSPs wrote back in support of the move, and Kezia Dugdale MSP submitted a parliamentary question. The Government's response was that there was no plan to make the necessary changes.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 27 Sep 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 20 Dec 2018
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention
  3. 21 Nov 2019
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

184 online signatures
  1. Scotland145 78.8%
  2. United Kingdom25 13.6%
  3. England12 6.5%
  4. Australia1 0.5%
  5. United States1 0.5%

Comments

10 comments, oldest first
  1. Cheryl Mckenzie 23 Jul 2018
    Well done Nathan, together we can change the law xxx
  2. Yvonne Cook 23 Jul 2018
    Happy to help Nathan Sparling change this law.

    X
  3. Anne Taylor 24 Jul 2018
    Good luck
  4. Maxime Blake 25 Jul 2018
    I support this
  5. Susan harley 25 Jul 2018
    When you are an adult you are sensible enough to make that decision
  6. George Valiotis 1 Aug 2018
    This means a lot to those of us who have had to build our own families. Its important to have our family recognised.
  7. Richard Burge 2 Aug 2018
    You're still related to your family as an adult.
  8. Mirjam Urfer 2 Aug 2018
    I support this.
  9. Caroline Dempster 2 Aug 2018
    Should be able to express commitment to adopt people over 18 in law and in public.
  10. Tracy thomas 14 Aug 2018
    I understand age restricts adoption even though they want it the law refuses :(