Adopting, Between Dream and Reality

Adoptions of children are a thing as delicate as it is beautiful, wonderfully normal.

If you really want to become parents , there are solutions for that dream to come true.

First, you need to do a request from Directorate General of Social Assistance and Child Protection (Child Protection) in whose jurisdiction the home, you need to attach several documents, including:

- Copy of passport;
- Certified copy of birth certificate;
- Certified copy of marriage certificate;
- Copy of the house;
- Affidavit of income;
- Certificate of good conduct;
- Characterization of the last job;
- Medical certificate of health;
- Statement of motivation to adopt and expectations they have about age, gender and child located psihomedicala that want to adopt. 

A social worker will visit then, and you can get in touch with one in advance, and he will explain what steps you have to go through to adopt a child. This stage lasts about two months, after which the family will receive a certificate, if the application is approved.

The second phase involves interaction with the child, made on the advice of social workers, in accordance with the possibilities of adopting family or person, and the ease with which the child adapts to new situations.

The third stage involves permanent accommodation, lasts 90 days and parents / parent has at this time to build a relationship with the child for a lifetime. The social worker will visit with the psychologist to “home” to monitor the adaptation process.

Upon completion of social inquiry, Child Protection will issue the certificate of family fit to adopt, because in accordance with Law 273/2004 on the legal status of adoption, adoption shall be permitted by the court until after the child was entrusted for a period 90 days family wants to adopt him.

Be aware that the certificate is valid for one year, its validity can be extended following a request for annual renewal.