Source Record
Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007
Why this source is used
Primary Scottish legislation reforming adoption law and enabling same-sex couples to adopt.
Start with the answer
Start with the answer How did UK family recognition expand for LGBTQ+ people? It expanded through adoption reforms, civil partnerships and staged marriage equality across UK nations. Read the topic guide UK LGBTQ+ Family Recognition and Adoption UK family recognition moved from explicit marriage exclusion to adoption rights, civil partnerships and eventual marriage equality across all four nations. Review the law record Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 extended marriage to same-sex couples in Scotland and made related changes to civil partnership and marriage law.
Source Status
- Publisher
- UK Legislation
- Type
- primary
- Reliability
- high
- Cited by
- 4 pages
