Romania International Adoption News

International adoptions from Romania started officially on January 1, 2005 and according to the new adoption law Romanian orphans can be adopted internationally only by their 2nd degree relatives which are their grandparents. If you believe you fulfill this requirement please feel free to contact our agency. We will add in the near future the New Adoption Law (the English version) to our web page for your convenience.

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This program is:   closed to all but grandparents

Romania is located in Eastern Europe, south-west of Russia and Ukraine.  It is a democratic country of approximately 23 million people, whose children available for adoption are of Caucasian (the big majority) and Gypsy heritage.  Currently Romanian adoptions are being approved on a case by case basis, cases that after approval will be released through a government ordinance.

Romanian children can go in international adoption only if they are orphans, have an abandonment decree or have relinquishment signed by the biological parents and after the child was first put up for national adoption for a certain amount of days and no match was found. 
Note: Unfortunately, our Romania program is presently closed due to a series of moratoriums that have been issued by the Romanian Government, which have resulted in new child welfare legislation that severely restricts international adoption.

As of June 22, 2004 the Romanian President, Ion Iliescu approved the four laws voted on by the Romanian Parliament. These include the law on the promotion of children's rights, the law on the judicial adoption provisions, the law about the Romanian Office that will oversee adoptions, and the changes proposed by the National Authority for Child Protection and Adoption. Now that the new legislation has been finalized and voted on, it will be implemented at the beginning of 2005. Once the new law is in effect, children will only be referred internationally to biological grandparents who are living abroad. Romania has closed its international adoption program to everyone except grandparents. The new law was passed in June 2004.

This page is provided as a source of information for families formed through Romania adoptions and others interested in Romania . It will be updated with new procedures once the program resumes operation.

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For more information on the Romania program please feel free to call or e-mail us at info@adoptionavenues.org

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