 This may not have been intended at the time to permit same-sex couples to foster children, however, it has since become practice to allow same-sex couple to foster.Up until this act, an adoption could only be granted to a married couple living together, the natural parents of the child, a relative of the child or a widow or widower.This act allowed a person not related to the child to adopt provided the Adoption Board was satisfied that this was in the best interests of the child.