Romanian Govt Reduces Length Of Adoption Procedures

Romanian Govt Reduces Length Of Adoption Procedures

The Romanian Government on Wednesday decided to reduce the length of child adoption procedures. 

Romanian Govt Reduces Length Of Adoption Procedures

The Government decided that children whose biological parents are unknown can be adopted 30 days after birth certificates are issued, and children under state protection can be adopted after an interval of one year during which parents showed no sign of being interested in their children's situation.

Government spokeswoman Ioana Muntean said the Executive did not amend laws regulating international adoptions.

In October 2009, the Romanian Adoption Office (ORA) sent the Government a memorandum asking for the reopening of international adoptions, only in the case of the repeated failure of national adoption attempts.

The Government said back then that the memorandum put forward by ORA is this institution's point of view, which is not shared by the Cabinet.