nd the court declines to make any order in the foster carers’ favour, the birth parent will be entitled to request the return of the child to their care. Court Fees 8.133. The Family Proceedings Fees Order 2008 sets out the fees for the various applications to the courts. Where the applicant files adoption applications, at the same time, that relates to two or more children and these children are siblings or children of the family, only one fee is payable rather than a fee for each child. 163 Chapter 9: Adoption Support Services This chapter provides guidance on the principal duties of local authorities in relation to the arrangements for assessment, provision and review of adoption support services to persons affected by adoption. Some aspects of adoption support, insofar as they consist of the provision of counselling, advice and information, are also addressed in other chapters, particularly chapters 2, 3, 10 and 11. In this chapter of the guidance: An “adoptive child” means:  a child who has been adopted or in respect of whom a person has given notice of their intention to adopt under section 44 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (the Act); or  a child whom an adoption agency has matched with a prospective adopter or placed for adoption. An “agency adoptive child” means:  a child who has been adopted after having been placed for adoption by an adoption agency; or  a child whom an adoption agency has matched with a prospective adopter or placed for adoption; or  a child whose adoptive parent has been a local authority foster parent in relation to them (unless the local authority oppose the adoption). An ‘adoptive parent’ means:  a person who has adopted a child, or has given notice under section 44 of the Act of their intention to do so, or  a person with w