Recording an Adoption | Western Cape Government

Recording an Adoption

Description:

All adoptions must be recorded in the child's birth register if requested by the adoptive parents.

Instructions:

To do this, you need to submit a written request to any district office of the Department of Home Affairs, accompanied by a certified copy of the adoption order.

If the adoption order authorises changing the child's surname to that of the adoptive parents, this will be done free of charge.

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Government Body: (The Government of South Africa)
The content on this page was last updated on 29 January 2020