# Adoption (Intercountry Aspects) Act 1999, Paragraph 1

Status: prospective

The recognition of an adoption includes recognition of
(a) the legal parent-child relationship between the child and his or her adoptive parents;
(b) parental responsibility of the adoptive parents for the child;
(c) the termination of a pre-existing legal relationship between the child and his or her mother and father, if the adoption has this effect in the Contracting State where it was made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/18/schedule/1/part/chapter/V/crossheading/article-26/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-intercountry-aspects-act-1999/schedule-1/part/chapter-V/crossheading-article-26/paragraph-1
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