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Checking suitability as adoptive parents for an international adoption (general)

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

Would you like to adopt a child from abroad? Then you must first qualify as adoptive parents.

Adoption abroad is divided into 2 aptitude tests: The general aptitude test at the local adoption agency and the country-specific aptitude test at an independent foreign adoption agency or the central adoption agency of the state youth welfare office.

The general suitability test examines the suitability of the potential adoptive parents. This involves, for example, the reasons for the adoption, the stability of the partnership or health aspects.


Process flow

You register with a placement agency for intercountry adoptions. This can either be the central adoption office of the state youth welfare office or a non-governmental placement office that is licensed for foreign adoptions. You will receive initial advice from the specialists.

All relevant topics relating to the adoption will be discussed in personal meetings.

This process can take several months. An adoption is only possible after a suitability assessment by the youth welfare office.

However, this is no guarantee that an adoption placement will actually take place.

Who should I contact?

Joint Central Adoption Center (GZA) in Hamburg.

Requirements

If you wish to adopt a child, you must have unlimited legal capacity under German law and be at least 25 years old. If you are married, at least one of the two spouses must be 25 years old, whereby the younger spouse must be at least 21 years old. There is no legal maximum age for adoptive parents. According to the Federal Working Group of the State Youth Welfare Offices, the age difference to the adoptive child should correspond to a natural distance.

Normally, a married couple - regardless of gender - can only adopt a child together. Whether an international adoption by same-sex couples is possible depends largely on the legal situation in the adoptive child's country of origin. However, single people can also adopt a child.

They must be suitable for adoption.

Which documents are required?

Documents must be submitted for the suitability assessment, which are then checked by the adoption agency. This will be discussed in advance during a consultation.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The adoption agency does not have a deadline within which a decision on suitability must be made. Even after a positive suitability test, there is no legal entitlement to the placement of a child.

Legal basis
Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Teaser

Would you like to adopt a child from abroad? Then you must first qualify as adoptive parents.

Process flow

You register with a placement agency for intercountry adoptions. This can either be the central adoption office of the state youth welfare office or a non-governmental placement office that is licensed for foreign adoptions. You will receive initial advice from the specialists.

All relevant topics relating to the adoption will be discussed in personal meetings.

This process can take several months. An adoption is only possible after a suitability assessment by the youth welfare office.

However, this is no guarantee that an adoption placement will actually take place.

Who should I contact?

Joint Central Adoption Center (GZA) in Hamburg.

Requirements

If you wish to adopt a child, you must have unlimited legal capacity under German law and be at least 25 years old. If you are married, at least one of the two spouses must be 25 years old, whereby the younger spouse must be at least 21 years old. There is no legal maximum age for adoptive parents. According to the Federal Working Group of the State Youth Welfare Offices, the age difference to the adoptive child should correspond to a natural distance.

Normally, a married couple - regardless of gender - can only adopt a child together. Whether an international adoption by same-sex couples is possible depends largely on the legal situation in the adoptive child's country of origin. However, single people can also adopt a child.

They must be suitable for adoption.

Which documents are required?

Documents must be submitted for the suitability assessment, which are then checked by the adoption agency. This will be discussed in advance during a consultation.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

The adoption agency does not have a deadline within which a decision on suitability must be made. Even after a positive suitability test, there is no legal entitlement to the placement of a child.

Legal basis

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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