# The Family Proceedings (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2003, Paragraph 4


Prospective Adopter(s)
(a) name, date and place of birth and address;
(b) domicile;
(c) relationship (if any) to the child;
(d) marital status, date and place of marriage (if any) and comments on stability of relationship;
(e) details of any previous marriage;
(f) if a parent and step-parent are applying, the reasons why they prefer adoption to a residence order;
(g) if a natural parent is applying alone, the reasons for the exclusion of the other parent;
(h) if a married person is applying alone, the reasons for this;
(i) physical description;
(j) personality;
(k) religion, and whether willing to follow any wishes of the child or his parents or guardian in respect of the child’s religious and cultural upbringing;
(l) educational attainments;
(m) past and present occupations and interests;
(n) particulars of the home and living conditions (and particulars of any home where the prospective adopter proposes to live with the child, if different);
(o) details of income and comments on the living standards of the household;
(p) details of other members of the household (including any children of the prospective adopter even if not resident in the household);
(q) details of the parents and any brothers or sisters of the prospective adopter, with their ages or ages at death;
(r) attitudes to the proposed adoption of such other members of the prospective adopter’s household and family as the adoption agency or, as the case may be, the Board considers appropriate;
(s) previous experience of caring for children as step-parent, foster parent, child-minder or prospective adopter and assessment of ability in this respect, together, where appropriate, with assessment of ability in bringing up the prospective adopter’s own children;
(t) reasons for wishing to adopt the child and extent of understanding of the nature and effect of adoption;
(u) any hopes and expectations for the child’s future;
(v) assessment of ability to bring up the child throughout his childhood;
(w) details of any adoption allowance payable;
(x) confirmation that any referees have been interviewed, with a report of their views and opinion of the weight to be placed thereon; and
(y) any other relevant information which might assist the court.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/75/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2003/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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