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Services and information
Alberta residents are able to adopt children in government care, as well as through private and international adoption.
Know when and how to appeal Alberta Adoption Services decisions and how to take part in an appeal hearing.
Adult adoptees, birth parents, birth family members and adoptive parents can access Alberta adoption records and other services.