Adoption in Fife - Home Page

Adoption in Fife | 5Who can adopt?We have a range of very different children who need adoptivefamilies so we need lots of different people to consider adoption,you don’t have to be married couple, childless or rich to adopt.We welcome applications from couples with children of theirown, older couples with grown-up children or single people. Youdo need to be prepared to take on a challenge, listen and learn,and give lots of time, energy and attention to some of our mostvulnerable and challenging children.We look at a number of factors when assessing someone’ssuitability as an adoptive parent. This includes your:• age• relationships• health• fertility issues• criminal convictions.AgeYou must be over 21 to apply to adopt a child and ideally thereshould be no more than 40 years between you and the child.That said, we’re flexible when we look at each application,because we understand you could have skills that would makeall the difference to a child – so don’t let your age put you off.What we do need from you is a degree of maturity and anunderstanding of children’s needs.