What is the adoption procedure?

You need to apply to the Children's Service (they are created under local and district administrations).

The following documents are attached to the application:

1) a copy of a passport or other identity document (in two copies);

2) a copy of the marriage certificate;

3) a conclusion on the state of health drawn up using a special form (in the tab to this letter);

4) a certificate on the presence or absence of a criminal record for each applicant, issued by the territorial center for the provision of service services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;

5) a copy of the child's birth certificate;

6) written consent of the child's parents to the adoption, certified by a notary public, or the consent of the spouse whose child is adopted by the other spouse, and a document certifying the absence of the second parent of the child (a copy of the death certificate or death certificate issued by the civil registry office status, a copy of the court decision on the deprivation of parental rights, on recognition as incapacitated or missing, a certificate from the civil status registration authority regarding the recording of information about the child's father, etc.);

Within 10 days from the date of submission of all documents, they are checked, an interview is held, the child's consent to adoption is ascertained (if possible), living conditions are checked, etc., and as a result, an appropriate opinion on the possibility of adoption is prepared.

After receiving the relevant opinion (with the package of documents submitted by you, which will be returned to you), you submit an adoption application to the court. In the same application, requests to change the child's surname may be indicated.

The end of the adoption procedure is receiving a positive court decision on the satisfaction of your application for the adoption of a child.