PROCEDURE FOR ORPHANS ADOPTION

Nurturing, caring for and educating children, especially orphans, is encouraged by the State. However, people adopting orphans need to meet the conditions, and at the same time legal procedure for orphans adoption are also required to be fully implemented according to regulations.

1. Orphans adoption is encouraged

Orphan means a child whose parents are dead or whose parent is dead while the other is unidentifiable.

Noted, a person can only be adopted by a single person or by both husband and wife.

2. Procedure for orphans adoption?

a. Step 1: Documents preparation for orphans adoption

– The adopter’s dossiers includes:

+ A written request for adoption;

+ A copy of the passport or identity card or a valid substitute paper;

+  The judicial record sheet;

+ Written certification of the marital status;

+ A health certificate;

+ A written certification of family circumstances and housing and economic conditions.

– Dossiers of persons introduced for domestic adoption:

+ The birth certificate;

+ A health certificate granted by a district-or higher-level health agency;

+ Two photos of the whole body looking straight, taken within the past 6 months;

+ The death certificate of the natural parent(s) or a court decision declaring the natural parent(s) of the child is (are) dead, for orphans;

+ The receipt decision, for children in a nurturing center.

b. Step 2: Examining, verifying records and confirming that children are eligible for abandoned child adoption

The competent authority shall examine the documents and collecting opinions from the guardian or child according to regulations within 10 days from the date of receipt of complete and valid documents.

c. Step 3: The competent authority decides to adopt the child and organizes the adoption

When it is deemed that the adoptive person and the person introduced for adoption meet the prescribed conditions, the competent agency shall organize the adoption registration, award the adoption certificate, and organize the adoption and recorded in the civil status book within 20 days from the date of consent in Step 2.

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3. Notification obligations after orphans adoption

During the period of raising orphans, adoptive parents are responsible for informing them about the child’s upbringing and development according to regulations. Specifically:

– Within 03 years from the date of adoption, periodically notify the People’s Committee of the commune where they permanently reside about the child’s health, physical, mental, and integration status with adoptive parents, family, and community every 6 months.

– The Commune People’s Committee where the adoptive parents permanently reside will inspect and monitor the adoption situation.