Working arrangement between the state and territory adoption authorities of Australia and the Philippine Ministry of Social Services and Development to facilitate the adoption of children from the Philippines by Australian applicants who have been approved for the purpose. Signed in New South Wales, 29 October 1980 and in Manila, 23 June 1981.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TRUSTEES OR DIRECTORS OF ASYLUMS AND INSTITUTIONS WHERE POOR CHILDREN ARE MAINTAINED AT PUBLIC EXPENSES TO PLACE SUCH CHILDREN IN CHARGE OF SUITABLE PERSONS AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF SUCH CHILDREN.

AN ACT TO CONFER CERTAIN POWERS UPON INSTITUTIONS FOR THE CARE OF ORPHAN, HOMELESS, NEGLECTED, OR ABUSED CHILDREN.

AN ACT TO AMEND REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX AUTHORIZING THE JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURTS TO HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTION WITH THE COURTS OF FIRST INSTANCE ON CASES OF ADOPTION AND APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIANS.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES TO GOVERN INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND POLICIES ON THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION OF FILIPINO CHILDREN AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT REQUIRING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) TO DECLARE A "CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION" AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION ACT OF 1998, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 1995, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Resolution concurring in the ratification of the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, 4 June 1996