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adoption panel

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adoption panel
n
(Social Welfare) Social welfare (in Britain) a committee appointed by an adoption agency, such as a local authority, to make recommendations concerning the suitability of prospective adoption cases


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The Adoption Panel are unlikely to approve applicants with a BMI over 40 because of the long term health risks.
In cases where children are adopted, following care proceedings by the local authority, there will have been initial consideration by an independent adoption panel, and the court will have to be satisfied that there is no other way to safeguard the welfare of the children concerned.
Two adoption panels commissioned by the Department of Human Services already had decided that Gabriel - born to a methamphetamine addict and a convicted felon - should be flown to Mexico to live with his paternal grandmother, Cecelia Martinez.
 
 
 
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