Adoption period can last to 2 years

The adoption period cannot be exactly determined because there are many procedures that depend on different factors. The statement was made for Info-Prim Neo by Minister of Labor, Social Protection and Family Valentina Buliga. She said that if a child couldn’t be easily integrated into the family that wanted to adopt him or her, the procedure could take longer, but no more than two years. Valentina Buliga explained that the first step to adopt a child was to submit a application to the territorial authority according to their residence. The application must have several documents attached to it: the marriage certificate, copies of the spouses’ IDs, information about their income and living conditions, etc. The court will accept the application only if it is convinced that the couple’s intentions are sincere and noble. According to the Minister, the competent authority must check all the papers, prepare its own set of documents and adopt the decision to introduce the applicants in the Registry of families that wish to adopt a child. “After being included in the Registry, there is the next step involving specialists, when the child is integrated in the adopting family. Experts train the parents and then come with the approval of the adoption decision”, said Valentina Buliga. There are 220 children waiting for adoption and 437 families wanting to adopt one in the Registry.