Procedure
Through intensive counseling, the readiness to take in an adopted child is subjected to a thorough examination. This includes participation in a topic-related seminar, interviews and home visits. In addition, an applicant form must be filled out and a life description must be prepared, which takes a closer look at previous stages of life as well as family relationships and other emotional ties.
After the adoptive parents have been selected, they receive all the information about the child and can get to know him or her. Within this placement process, the parents can reconsider their decision for or against the child.
The adoption care period begins when the child is placed in the parents' household. It ends with the adoption decision by the family court. After the conclusion of the adoption proceedings before the family court, the child is automatically recorded in the register of births. The child then acquires the legal status of a natural child and legal relations with the natural family cease.
Legal bases
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You have no legal claim to the placement of a child.
