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===Direct placement by a birth parent===
Firstly, the adoptive parents must notify the Director of the Ministry for Children and Family Development's [http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/adoption/index.htm Ministry for Children and Family Development's Adoption Division] of their intent to adopt a child by filing with the ministry Form 1 of the ''[http://canlii.ca/t/859w Adoption Act Regulation]''. This form sets out: the name of the birth mother; the name of the natural father, if known; an explanation of the circumstances leading to the proposed adoption; and, the names of the adoptive parents.
The Director then contacts both the adoptive parents and the natural parents of the child and advises them of the legal consequences of adoption, prepares a ''pre-placement assessment'' of the adoptive parents, and provides the adoptive parents with information about the child's natural parents, including their medical history.