Josette's name alone is on the adoption papers

Josette Bohan told us how the current adoption rules had affected her - because her partner's name cannot appear on the adoption paperwork.

"Everything I have done is as a single parent," she said. "We have none of the security of a married couple."

One of her children was particularly worried when Josette was ill recently. "She was terrified that if anything happened to me, she would be back to square one."

Many children in care are intensely aware of the adoption process, she explained, by the time they reach eight or 10.

She added: "You have to be very committed to those children. You have to give up a lot in your life - and you do it with great pleasure."

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