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What are the rules for adopted children and foster children?

Adopted children are treated in the same way as natural children.

Foster children are not 'your' children. Normally any foster children would be removed from your care if you are going through a separation or divorce, but this would be a matter for the local authority who placed the child with you rather than the courts.